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Atrial myxoma presenting with orthostatic hypotension in an 84-year-old Hispanic man: a case report

Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2009
Introduction Left atrial myxomas remain the most common benign primary cardiac tumors, and these cardiac growths can masquerade as mitral stenosis, infective endocarditis and collagen vascular disease.
Halstead Michael, Shaurya Kautilya, Santiago José O, Schechtmann Norberto, Polanco Enrique, Vicari Ralph M, Marszal Danielle, Grosskreutz Tamsin, Thareja Shalini   +8 more
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A Case of Infected Left Atrial Myxoma Presenting as ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction (STEMI)

The American journal of case reports, 2019
Patient: Male, 34-year-old Final Diagnosis: Infected atrial myxoma Symptoms: Chest pain Medication: — Clinical Procedure: — Specialty: Cardiology Objective: Rare disease Background: Although left atrial myxoma is the most common benign primary cardiac ...
M. Peters, Khaled Tuwairqi, M. G. Farah
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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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Recurrent cardiac myxoma: A case report

Annals of Cardiac Anaesthesia, 2021
Cardiac myxomas are the most common benign tumors of the heart. They are most commonly found in the left atrium, followed by a right atrium and rarely in the left ventricle.
Ravi K Mahavar, Dheeraj Arora, Ajmer Singh, Manisha Mishra   +3 more
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A case report of left atrial myxoma-induced acute myocardial infarction and successive stroke

Medicine, 2018
Rationale: Left atrial myxoma is a common primary cardiac tumor, however, due to poor image quality or atypical myxoma images, it is often misdiagnosed by echocardiograph.
Qiushuang Wang, Feifei Yang, F. Zhu, C. Yao   +3 more
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A Silent Left Atrial Myxoma: A Rare Benign Cardiac Tumor

Cureus, 2018
Primary cardiac tumors are extremely rare. In one study, incidence was reported being less than 0.1%. The purpose of this case report is to review different presentations of cardiac myxoma. A 34-year-old female with past medical history of drug abuse was
Rizwan Ali, A. Tahir, Muhammad Nadeem, S. Rizvi   +3 more
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Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging and a rare case of an atrial myxoma causing an atrial septal defect

Radiology Case Reports, 2017
A 40 year-old athletic woman presented with worsening dyspnea on exertion over the preceding several months. Chest radiograph showed borderline cardiomegaly and subsequent echocardiography demonstrated a 5.0-cm left atrial mass as well as left-to-right ...
Matthew Grant, MD, Samuel Douglass, DO, Eric Roberge, MD, Eric Shry, MD   +3 more
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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, Manmak H Mamven, Odiase Omonua, Zaiyad Habib, Hamamatu Osaze, Karen Sliwa   +5 more
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Carney Complex: case report and review

Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery, 2011
Carney complex is a very rare multiple neoplasia syndrome with cardiac, cutaneous, and neural tumours with a variety of pigmented lesion of skin. We are reporting a rare case of carney complex in which left atrial myxoma with superficial angiomyxoma ...
Rao Lakshmi, Sagar Sunil CV, Kashyap Nitin, Kamath Sevagur G, Borkar Shirish S, Warrier Raj, Chauhan Aman   +6 more
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The role of 3D echocardiographic imaging in the differential diagnosis of an atypical left atrial myxoma.

Monaldi archives for chest disease = Archivio Monaldi per le malattie del torace, 2018
We describe a case of a left atrial myxoma atypical for its anatomical features and site of attachment. Although an initial multimodality imaging was performed, the diagnosis of myxoma was possible only by three dimensional echocardiography (3DE) which ...
D. Galzerano, C. Pragliola, Mohamed Al Admawi, M. Mallardo, S. Di Michele, C. Gaudio   +5 more
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