Neovascularization in left atrial myxoma.
Myxoma is the most common benign tumor of the heart. Tumor neovascularization at the angiographically detectable level is thought to be rare. We report on a 78-year-old female patient with a left atrial myxoma showing marked tumor vascularity. This observation had consequences to the therapeutic management: during tumor excision, the large supplying artery had to be ligated.
Reynen
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Department of Internal Medicine II, University of Technology Dresden, Heart Center Dresden, Fetscherstrasse 76, 01307 Dresden, Germany.
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Taha
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Strasser
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D000368:Aged; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003331:Coronary Vessels / Q000601:surgery; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D005260:Female; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D006346:Heart Septum / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008026:Ligation; D009232:Myxoma / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D009389:Neovascularization, Pathologic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery