Архивъ внутренней медицины (Oct 2022)

Clinical Observation of Asymptomatic Left Atrial Myxoma

  • V. A. Sergeeva,
  • S. N. Tolstov,
  • E. D. Sychkova

DOI
https://doi.org/10.20514/2226-6704-2022-12-5-389-393
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 5
pp. 389 – 393

Abstract

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Myxomas are the most common type of primary benign cardiac tumor in adults, with an incidence of about 0.2 % in the population at autopsy. Myxomas develop from multipotent mesenchyme and are usually an undifferentiated, pedunculated atrial mass attached to a fossa ovale on the left side of the atrial septum. Frequent asymptomatic course of the disease complicates timely diagnosis and treatment. The presented clinical observation demonstrates the accidental detection of left atrial myxoma in a 68-year-old patient with subsequent successful surgical intervention.

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