A Case of Left Atrial Myxoma Presenting as Acute Pulmonary Edema.
- Author:
Yong Bum CHO
1
;
Tae Hoon KIM
;
Chan Il MOON
;
Jae Woong CHOI
;
Chang Sub SONG
Author Information
1. Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Eulji General Hospital, Eulji Medical College, Seoul, Korea.
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
LA myxoma;
Acute pulmonary edema;
Syncope
- MeSH:
Female;
Heart Atria;
Heart Neoplasms;
Humans;
Middle Aged;
Myxoma*;
Pulmonary Edema*;
Syncope
- From:Journal of the Korean Society of Echocardiography
2000;8(1):93-97
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Myxomas are the most common primary benign cardiac tumor. In general, myxoma has a benign growth and chronic entity, so symtoms of myxoma are vague and mild. Therefore the association of an atrial myxoma with acute pulmonary edema and syncope appears to be very rare. Even though very rare, detection of myxoma is important because it is usually fatal in several cases if unrecognized and untreated. We experienced a case of left atrial (LA) myxoma presenting as acute pulmonary edema and syncope of unknown cause in 47 years old female patient. A mass located on left atrium was excised en bloc, and the patient recovered uneventfully. We report the case along with literature review.
