title: Left atrial myxoma in a child with unique presentation: chest pain.
abstract: We present a 16-year-old girl who presented with chest pain. Given her obesity and positive family history, she was felt to have atherosclerotic heart disease. However, an echocardiogram showed an atrial myxoma, which prompted surgical excision. This case supports the routine use of echocardiography and widened differential diagnosis when presented with pediatric chest pain.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, The University of Texas Medical School at Houston, 6431 Fannin Street, MSB 4.020, Houston, TX 77030, USA. Tsuyoshi.Kaneko@uth.tmc.edu
authors.forename: Tsuyoshi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kaneko
authors.forename: Jon-Cecil
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Walkes
authors.forename: Felix W
authors.initials: FW
authors.lastname: Tsai
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002637:Chest Pain / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004417:Dyspnea; D005260:Female; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D009232:Myxoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D014463:Ultrasonography