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A Giant Left Atrial Myxoma [PDF]
Case Reports in Medicine, 2014 Atrial myxomas are the most common primary cardiac tumors. Patients with left atrial myxomas generally present with mechanical obstruction of blood flow, systemic embolization, and constitutional symptoms.
Medhat F. Zaher +7 more
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Multi-modality imaging of a left atrial myxoma
SAGE Open Medical Case Reports, 2017 Objectives: Although echocardiography has traditionally been used to diagnose myxoma, invasive or non-invasive coronary angiography can be useful diagnostic tool before surgery.
Hae Won Jung +2 more
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Images in Emergency Medicine: Left Atrial Myxoma [PDF]
Western Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2008 This visual diagnosis case summary presents the case of a 64 year old male who presented with right lower quadrant abdominal pain and who was subsequently found to have a very large left sided atrial myxoma.
Darracq, Michael A
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Left Atrial Myxoma Mimicking Mitral Stenosis
Clinical Medicine Insights: Case Reports, 2012 Cardiac myxoma is a benign (non-malignant) neoplasm that represents the most common primary tumour of the heart. We present the case of a 36 year old woman with background hypertension who presented with features of left ventricular failure and seizures,
Dike B Ojji +5 more
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Left Atrial Myxoma presenting as Stroke-Case Report & Review of Literature [PDF]
The Indian Anaesthetists' Forum, 2011 Left Atrial Myxomas present as a wide variety of symptoms. We describe one such case which initially presented with hemiparesis and was diagnosed as cerebral infarction. On retrospective work up, the main cause was found to be a left atrial myxoma.
Mridu Paban Nath +2 more
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Atypical presentation of left atrial myxoma: a case report
Journal of the Pakistan Medical AssociationAtrial Myxoma is the most common primary benign tumour of the heart, commonly found in the left atrium. It typically presents in young females with characteristic features such as, constitutional symptoms, chest pain, and cardiac murmurs.
Mujtaba Azhar Siddiqui +4 more
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Percutaneous Removal of Left Atrial Myxoma: The FLORIDA Procedure. [PDF]
JACC Case Rep, 2023 Surgical resection has been the treatment of choice for cardiac myxomas, but older age and comorbidities relegate many patients to observation. Pure percutaneous removal of left atrial myxomas is both intriguing and challenging.
Umadat G +6 more
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Giant Left Atrial Myxoma Masquerading as Cough-Syncope Syndrome
Journal of Investigative Medicine High Impact Case Reports, 2017 Left atrial myxomas are the most common type of benign primary cardiac tumor. Patients can present with generalized symptoms, such as fatigue, symptoms from obstruction of the myxoma, or even embolization of the myxoma causing distal thrombosis.
Jennifer N. Bowman MD +4 more
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, 2020 While syphilis and pulmonary embolism are well known with the eponym of “The Great Masquerader,” atrial myxoma should also be given the eponym due to its variable presentations and frequent misdiagnosis.
Venkatesan Sangareddi +3 more
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Massive left atrial myxoma uncommon presentation in an aged Man, an educational case report and literature review [PDF]
Journal of Cardiothoracic SurgeryBackground Cardiac myxomas are the most common primary tumors of the heart, although they remain rare overall, particularly in elderly male patients. Left atrial myxomas typically present with nonspecific constitutional symptoms or remain asymptomatic ...
Elaheh Karimi +8 more
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