title: Choriocarcinoma presenting as intracavitary tumor in the left atrium.
abstract: We describe a 27-year-old woman who presented with classical symptoms and signs of left atrial myxoma. Histopathological studies of the excised tumor mass, however, revealed it to be choriocarcinoma. This is the first report of such a presentation of choriocarcinoma.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, M.S. Ramaiah Institute of Cardiology, Gokula, Bangalore, India.
authors.forename: A G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Kishore
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Desai
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Nayak
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002822:Choriocarcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D006325:Heart Atria; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D009232:Myxoma / Q000175:diagnosis; D009360:Neoplastic Cells, Circulating; D011247:Pregnancy; D011667:Pulmonary Veins; D014594:Uterine Neoplasms