Left atrial myxoma in a child: case report and review of the literature.
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.
Padalino
Massimo A
MA
Institute of Cardiovascular Surgery, University of Padua Medical School, Padua, Italy.
Basso
Cristina
C
Moreolo
Giorgio Svaluto
GS
Thiene
Gaetano
G
Stellin
Giovanni
G
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