A rare case of two different types of cardiac tumors in a patient.
This report presents a 68-year-old woman in whom two different types of benign cardiac tumors were found. This patient, with multiple comorbidities, presented with weight loss. An initial computed tomography scan showed a left atrial mass. This was followed by a transthoracic echocardiogram, which revealed two masses, one in each atria, with different echo characteristics. The patient underwent excision of the mass lesions.
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Sanford Hospital, Fargo, North Dakota. Electronic address: shashankjolly@cableone.net.
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D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008067:Lipoma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D009232:Myxoma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D009378:Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / Q000175:diagnosis*