title: [Treatment of Right Atrial Myxoma Complicated with Pulmonary Embolism;Report of a Case].
abstract: Myxomas are account for approximately half of primary cardiac tumors, 75% of which originate in the left atrium. We report a case of a right atrial myxoma complicated with bilateral pulmonary embolism. A 54-year-old woman was admitted to the hospital with a complaint of dyspnea. Echocardiography and computed tomography angiography showed a right atrial tumor and bilateral pulmonary embolism. We performed an emergency surgery to remove both the right atrial tumor and the pulmonary emboli. Histopathologically, the tumor was revealed to be myxoma. The postoperative course was uneventful. She is now doing well without any symptoms.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Ureshino Medical Center, Ureshino, Japan.
authors.forename: Kouki
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Jinnouchi
authors.forename: Kazuhisa
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Rikitake
authors.forename: Akira
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Furutachi
authors.forename: Nozomi
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Yoshida
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D006325:Heart Atria; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D009232:Myxoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000209:etiology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome