Volume 134, Issue 3 , Pages 795-795.e1, September 2007
Left atrial myxoma: The role of multisclice computed tomography
Article Outline
CTSNet classification: 2, 3, 4, 13
A 30-year-old patient came to our cardiac clinic complaining of exertional dyspnea and a nonspecific chest pain. An echocardiogram showed a mass in the left atrium of about 2 cm, which was highly suggestive of left atrial myxoma. The pathologic condition was determined by means of multislice computed tomography, which reconfirmed the mass in the left atrium (Figure 1, Figure E1).
Figure 1.
Multislice computed tomographic scan shows a left atrial mass suggestive of left atrial myxoma.
Figure E1.
A filling defect in the left atrium, illustrated by a horizontal section of a computed tomographic scan.
The patient underwent an operation, during which the pathologic condition was similar to that identified by means of echocardiography and multislice computed tomography (Figure 2,A). The tumor was excised, and the left atrium was closed (Figures 2, B, and E2). The patient was weaned off cardiopulmonary bypass uneventfully. He was discharged from the hospital 5 days after the operation.
Figure 2.
After opening the left atrium, a myxoma attached to the left atrial wall was removed.
Figure E2.
A left atrial mass and its base were successfully removed.
PII: S0022-5223(07)00930-0
doi:10.1016/j.jtcvs.2007.05.034
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Volume 134, Issue 3 , Pages 795-795.e1, September 2007
