title: Right atrial myxoma with cyanosis due to right-to-left shunting.
abstract: Primary cardiac tumours are uncommon entities, and myxoma is the most common, comprising about 50% of all these neoplasms. A case of a 43-year-old woman with right atrial myxoma and a shunt through a patent foramen ovale producing severe cyanosis is reported.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, University Hospital, London, Ontario.
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: F N
authors.initials: FN
authors.lastname: McKenzie
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Novick
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003490:Cyanosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*; D006344:Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D009232:Myxoma / Q000150:complications*