title: Posterior wall as atypical localization of left atrial myxoma : Diagnosis and management.
abstract: Atrial myxomas are the most common benign cardiac neoplasms. Although the majority occur in the left atrium (LA) and are attached to the interatrial septum (75-80 % of cases), they can arise from any part of the LA and the cardiac chambers. We report the case of a 65-year-old woman who presented with features of worsening dyspnea and persistent headache. During transthoracic echocardiography, a suspected cardiac myxoma was found arising from the posterior wall of the LA.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Science, Cardiac Surgery Unit and Heart Transplantation Center, S. Camillo-Forlanini Hospital, Circonvallazione Gianicolense 87, 00149, Rome, Italy. marzia.cottini@hotmail.it.
authors.forename: M
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4504-5697
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cottini
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Science, Cardiac Surgery Unit and Heart Transplantation Center, S. Camillo-Forlanini Hospital, Circonvallazione Gianicolense 87, 00149, Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pergolini
authors.affiliation: Department of Heart and Vessels, Cardiac Unit, Belcolle Hospital, 01100, Viterbo, Italy.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Zampi
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Science, Radiology Unit, S. Camillo-Forlanini Hospital, Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Buffa
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Science, Cardiac Surgery Unit and Heart Transplantation Center, S. Camillo-Forlanini Hospital, Circonvallazione Gianicolense 87, 00149, Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: P G
authors.initials: PG
authors.lastname: Pino
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Science, Cardiac Surgery Unit and Heart Transplantation Center, S. Camillo-Forlanini Hospital, Circonvallazione Gianicolense 87, 00149, Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Polizzi
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Science, Cardiac Surgery Unit and Heart Transplantation Center, S. Camillo-Forlanini Hospital, Circonvallazione Gianicolense 87, 00149, Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ranocchi
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Science, Cardiac Surgery Unit and Heart Transplantation Center, S. Camillo-Forlanini Hospital, Circonvallazione Gianicolense 87, 00149, Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Luzi
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Science, Cardiac Surgery Unit and Heart Transplantation Center, S. Camillo-Forlanini Hospital, Circonvallazione Gianicolense 87, 00149, Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Montalto
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Science, Cardiac Surgery Unit and Heart Transplantation Center, S. Camillo-Forlanini Hospital, Circonvallazione Gianicolense 87, 00149, Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Musumeci
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004452:Echocardiography / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery*; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D009232:Myxoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery*; D035583:Rare Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D016896:Treatment Outcome
keywords: Case report; Left atrium; Myxoma; Resection; Transthoracic echocardiography