title: Massive biatrial myxomas in a child.
abstract: Cardiac myxomas are rarely diagnosed in children, and biatrial tumors are an unusual presentation in any age group. An 8-year-old boy with massive biatrial cardiac myxomas, who presented in acute cardiogenic shock with no preceding cardiac symptomatology, is reported.
authors.affiliation: Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Baragwanath Hospital and The University of the Witwatersrand, P.O. Bertsham Johannesburg, 2013 South Africa.
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Cilliers
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: van Unen
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lala
authors.forename: K H
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Vanderdonck
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Hartman
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004452:Echocardiography; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000601:surgery; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009232:Myxoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D009378:Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery