title: Unusual growth of a left atrial myxoma complicated by a secundum atrial septal defect.
abstract: A 55 year-old man had a myxoma that originated in the left atrium and grew through a secundum atrial septal defect into the right atrium. The tumor, which was attached by a pedicle to the lateral wall of the left atrium near the right pulmonary vein, was resected under cardiopulmonary bypass. Transesophageal echocardiography was important in the successful outcome of surgical treatment.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Cardiovascular Center, Kawasaki-Saiwai Hospital, Kanagawa, Japan. soccer-v@lily.ocn.ne.jp
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Watanabe
authors.forename: Kazu
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Minami
authors.forename: Akira
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Miyamoto
authors.forename: Yasunori
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sugiyabu
authors.forename: Masafumi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Akita
authors.forename: Michio
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nukariya
mesh_terms: D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006344:Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009232:Myxoma / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D016896:Treatment Outcome