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Cardiac tumors are rare disorders with an incidence of <0.33%. Primary cardiac tumors are extremely rare with an incidence between 0.0017% and 0.19%. Nearly 75% of cardiac tumors are benign with atrial myxomas representing nearly 50%. The majority of cardiac myxomas (75%) are located in the left atrium, 23% in right atrium and 2% in the ventricular cavity. This report presents a rare case of an asymptomatic patient with a left ventricular myxoma attached to the chordae tendinae of the mitral valve.

A case of right atrium perforation by an intercostal drain is presented. The patient survived this serious complication. The fatal outcome was avoided by cross-clamping the pleural drain after withdrawing 800 to 1000 cl of blood, and an immediate X-ray study with contrast being carried out.

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