Biatrial myxoma: a rare cardiac tumor.
A previously healthy 48-year-old man presented to the hospital with a transient ischemic attack. Echocardiography revealed a large left atrial tumor with a second tumor in the right atrium. Surgical excision revealed a large left atrial myxoma with extension through the interatrial septum into the right atrium.
Peachell
J L
JL
Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada.
Mullen
J C
JC
Bentley
M J
MJ
Taylor
D A
DA
D017023:Coronary Angiography; D004452:Echocardiography; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D006346:Heart Septum / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D002546:Ischemic Attack, Transient / Q000209:etiology; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009232:Myxoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness