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17.10.2016 | Review articles
Posterior wall as atypical localization of left atrial myxoma
Diagnosis and management
verfasst von:
M. Cottini, MD, A. Pergolini, G. Zampi, V. Buffa, P. G. Pino, V. Polizzi, F. Ranocchi, G. Luzi, A. Montalto, F. Musumeci, FECTS
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Ausgabe 4/2017
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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.