title: Right atrial myxoma in an infant.
abstract: Cardiac myxomas are extremely rare in infancy. We report a case of right atrial myxoma in a 35-day-old male infant (with cyanosis and convulsions). Echocardiography was carried out and a diagnosis of right atrial myxoma was made. Open heart surgery was performed using cardiopulmonary bypass and a 2.5 X 3.0 cm mass was removed. The patient's postoperative course was uneventful. To our knowledge there is no previously reported case of right atrial myxoma in such a young infant which was operated on successfully.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Paşaoğlu
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Demircin
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ozkutlu
authors.forename: A Y
authors.initials: AY
authors.lastname: Bozer
mesh_terms: D004452:Echocardiography; D006325:Heart Atria; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D009232:Myxoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*