Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine (Jan 2024)

Case Report: A myxoma with a far reach

  • Elias Akiki,
  • Arman Arghami,
  • Muhannad A. Abbasi,
  • Edward A. El-Am,
  • Ali Ahmad,
  • Thomas A. Foley,
  • Richard C. Daly,
  • Joseph J. Maleszewski,
  • Reto Kurmann,
  • Kyle W. Klarich

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3389/fcvm.2024.1340406
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11

Abstract

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A 73-year-old woman presented to the emergency department with a syncopal episode and a history of dizzy spells. A transthoracic echocardiogram demonstrated a large left atrial mass extending into the right upper pulmonary veins. Subsequently, cardiac magnetic resonance imaging and coronary computed tomography angiography with three-dimensional reconstruction and printing of the heart and mass were performed, which demonstrated a high index of suspicion for an atypical left atrial myxoma. The mass was excised robotically, and the pathology report confirmed a diagnosis of myxoma.

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