title: [Atrial myxoma. Apropos a clinical case].
abstract: The authors report a case of a 61-years-old woman with hypertension and palpitations, who was diagnosed as having a left auricular myxoma. This diagnosis was established by echocardiography and confirmed afterwards by an histological survey. On the basis of this case the authors reviewed the subject and discuss the role of echocardiography in the diagnosis and follow-up of this kind of patients.
authors.affiliation: Serviço de Cardiologia, Hospital Distrital de Guimarães.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Machado
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lourenço
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Reis
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Quelhas
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Gonçalo
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pereira
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: de Almeida
mesh_terms: D001145:Arrhythmias, Cardiac / Q000175:diagnosis; D004452:Echocardiography; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005260:Female; D006325:Heart Atria; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000175:diagnosis; D008875:Middle Aged; D009232:Myxoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D013909:Thorax
vernacular_title: Mixoma auricular. A propósito de um caso clínico.