title: Giant right atrial myxoma mimicking hepatic cirrhosis: a case report.
abstract: Cardiac myxomas are rare benign tumors of the heart. The growth rate of these tumors remains unknown. Right atrial myxoma can simulate nonspecific constitutional symptoms, such as remittent or lasting fever, weight loss, and chronic anemia, and may escape timely diagnosis until the development of severe complications such as pulmonary hypertension due to embolism from fragments originating from the tumor mass or blockage of the right atrioventricular ostium or Budd-Chiari syndrome with acute abdominal pain. We present a case of a giant right atrial myxoma mimicking hepatic cirrhosis in a 52-year-old man.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Hacettepe University, Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Mustafa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tok
authors.forename: Mehmet
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Oc
authors.forename: Halil Ibrahim
authors.initials: HI
authors.lastname: Ucar
authors.forename: Omer Faruk
authors.initials: OF
authors.lastname: Dogan
authors.forename: Arda
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ozyuksel
authors.forename: Baris
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Kaya
authors.forename: Mustafa Bora
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Farsak
authors.forename: Ali Cem
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Yorgancioglu
mesh_terms: D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006325:Heart Atria; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008103:Liver Cirrhosis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008111:Liver Function Tests; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009232:Myxoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery*; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D018570:Risk Assessment; D016896:Treatment Outcome