title: Left atrial myxoma and systemic AL-amyloidosis.
abstract: A case of left atrial myxoma with systemic AL-amyloidosis is described. Localized myxomas have the peculiar property of giving rise to constitutional symptoms, indicating a systemic disease process. The coexistence of AL-amyloidosis and an atrial myxoma in the same patient makes it tempting to suggest that an immunological defect is involved in the development of both diseases.
authors.affiliation: Medical Department Hamar Hospital, Norway.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Mølstad
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Aukrust
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000686:Amyloidosis / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006325:Heart Atria; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D009232:Myxoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014463:Ultrasonography