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Two interesting cases of left atrial myxoma

, 1970
Atrial myxoma is the most common type of benign primary heart tumours. Most of these tumours are sporadic in origin occurring at 3rd to 6th decade of life, while hereditary forms do exist. They are mostly found in the left atrium followed by right atrium
S Neupane, VM Alurkar
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Emergency Excision of Cardiac Myxoma and Endovascular Coiling of Intracranial Aneurysm after Cerebral Infarction

Case Reports in Neurological Medicine, 2013
Cardiac myxoma is the most common primary tumor of the heart, located mainly in the left atrium. Cerebral embolization or intracranial aneurysm formation as a consequence of left atrial myxomas has been well documented, whereas myxoma embolization ...
Youssef Al-Said, Heyam Al-Rached, Saleh Baeesa, Khalil Kurdi, Ibrahim Zabani, Ahmed Hassan   +5 more
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Systemic manifestations of atrial myxoma

, 2017
Background: Approximately 70% of the cardiac tumors are benign, atrial myxoma is the most common, and is seen more in females. Presentation is variable, and patients can present with cardiac symptoms or systemic manifestations.
Ishtyak Ahmed Mir, Arvind Kohli, Noor Ali   +2 more
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Giant Left Atrial Myxoma Resection

, 2020
In this video, the authors present the surgical resection of a left atrial myxoma. The patient was an 84-year-old woman who was admitted at a regional hospital for recent onset of effort dyspnea (NYHA functional class 3).
Thomas Theologou (5451515), Enrico Ferrari (35612), Francesca Toto (8680873), Giorgio Franciosi (8680870), Michele Gallo (2039071), Tiziano Torre (5681435), Giuseppina Surace (8680876), Stefanos Demertzis (5833280)   +7 more
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Left Atrial Myxoma with an Atrial Septal Defect: Report of a case [PDF]

, 1974
A case of a left atrial myxoma presented unusual features including (1) association with an atrial septal defect, (2) attachment of the myxoma to the posterior wall of the left atrium, (3) probable paradoxical pulmonary embolization from the left atrium,
Drake, Ellet H., Arciniegas, Edward, Green, Henry, Anbe, Daniel T.   +3 more
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Atrial myxoma [PDF]

BMJ Case Reports, 2006
H H, Ho, W K, Seto, E, Wang, W H, Chow
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Small, smooth, nonmobile cardiac myxoma detected by transesophageal echocardiography following recurrent cerebral infarction: a case report

Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2017
Background Cardiac myxoma is known to cause repeated events of cerebral embolism. Soft and irregularly shaped myxomas with high mobility are associated with a higher occurrence of cerebral embolism.
Yuki Saito, Yoshihiro Aizawa, Koyuru Monno, Koichi Nagashima, Sayaka Kurokawa, Shunji Osaka, Takayoshi Akimoto, Satoshi Kamei, Masashi Tanaka, Atsushi Hirayama   +9 more
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Clinical Manifestations in Atrial Myxoma [PDF]

, 2004
In Nepal, we started regular open-heart surgery since February 1997. Primary tumors of the heart are rare and the commonest is myxoma. Left atrium is the commonest site of occurrence.
BMS Shrestha, M N Marhatta, P R Joshi, U K Shrestha, R Shrestha, B Koirala   +5 more
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Two cases of atrial myxoma with calcification and ossification as the main features

Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Background Cardiac myxomas are the most common type of primary cardiac tumors in adults, but they can have variable features that make them difficult to diagnose.
Yafei Yin, Juan Deng, Yuan Liu, Jingxin Zheng, Yun Zhang, Qizhi Bai, Yali Xu, Guoliang Yang   +7 more
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Left Atrial Myxoma Presenting as Acute Cardioembolic Stroke in Young Female: A Rare Case Report [PDF]

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research
Left atrial myxoma is the most common primary cardiac tumour and a rare but important cause of cardioembolic stroke. This is a case report of a 22-year-old married female who presented with history of sudden-onset right-sided weakness and difficulty in ...
Ronak Prakashkumar Shah, Parth Rohitkumar Shah, Mittal Sindhav   +2 more
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