Right atrial myxoma with extracardiac manifestations.
Right atrial myxoma is a rare intracardiac tumor that is often difficult to diagnose. Pulmonary embolism from tumor fragments originating from the tumor mass is a potentially fatal complication. Early diagnosis of cardiac myxoma is important since surgical treatment leads to resolution with low rates of recurrence and good long-term survival. The presence of a cardiac myxoma can be heralded by nonspecific constitutional symptoms as well as by disturbances in the clotting mechanism.
McCoskey
E H
EH
Division of Pulmonary Medicine, James H. Quillen College of Medicine, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN 37614, USA.
Mehta
J B
JB
Krishnan
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Roy
T M
TM
D015746:Abdominal Pain / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D000328:Adult; D001367:Axillary Vein; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D004417:Dyspnea / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007601:Jugular Veins; D010535:Laparoscopy; D009232:Myxoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D009325:Nausea / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D013350:Subclavian Vein; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D020246:Venous Thrombosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*