title: Left atrial myxoma in a child: case report and review of the literature.
abstract: A left atrial mass in a 2.7-year-old girl who presented with congestive heart failure, which surgical pathology revealed to be a myxoma, is reported. The timely precise diagnosis obtained by means of two-dimensional echocardiography allowed the immediate surgical treatment of this rare, benign but potentially lethal cardiac tumor in infancy.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Cardiovascular Surgery, University of Padua Medical School, Padua, Italy.
authors.forename: Massimo A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Padalino
authors.forename: Cristina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Basso
authors.forename: Giorgio Svaluto
authors.initials: GS
authors.lastname: Moreolo
authors.forename: Gaetano
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Thiene
authors.forename: Giovanni
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Stellin
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D009232:Myxoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D016896:Treatment Outcome