Life (Jul 2023)

Radiotherapy-Induced Atrial Myxoma: A Case Report and Literature Review

  • Walid Shalata,
  • Ismaell Massalha,
  • Shlomo Yaron Ishay,
  • Elena Chernomordikova,
  • Ashraf Abu Jama,
  • Keren Rouvinov,
  • Yulia Dudnik,
  • Alexander Yakobson

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/life13071585
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 7
p. 1585

Abstract

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In this particular case study, we present a 66-year-old male who was diagnosed with an atrial myxoma eight years after receiving treatment for non-small cell lung cancer. The patient underwent chemo-radiotherapy (mediastinal area) in 2012 to address stage III-A adenocarcinoma of the lung. During follow-up imaging in 2020, a left atrial mass displaying characteristic features of a cardiac myxoma was detected. Upon reviewing a computed tomographic (CT) scan from 2017 within the previously irradiated mediastinal region, the cardiac mass was retrospectively identified. The surgical excision of the cardiac mass was performed, and a subsequent pathological examination confirmed the diagnosis of myxoma. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first reported case of a left atrial myxoma in a patient previously treated for adenocarcinoma of the lung and the first instance of an atrial myxoma occurring in a site that had undergone prior radiation therapy.

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