Excision of Atrial Myxoma

Successful Removal of a Myxoma of the Left Atrium

“…It is further to be expected that even an uncommon condition such as this will be encountered in many centres because of the frequency of the surgical treatment of mitral stenosis. This is borne out by the number of recent reports (Crafoord, 1955;Bigelow, Dolan, and Campbell, 1956;Scannell, Brewster, and Bland, 1956;Brock, 1956;Chin and Ross, 1957;Van Buchem and Eerland, 1957;Belcher, 1958;Fatti and Reid, 1958). A further case is reported here because it demonstrates the difficulties in diagnosis and the method used in its treatment proved simple and effective.…”

“…The physical characteristics, the histology, the symptoms, the physical signs, and the methods of pre-operative diagnosis have been discussed by many writers (Straus and Merliss, 1945;Mahaim, 1945;Brewin, 1948Brewin, , 1951Mills and Philpott, 1951 ;Goldberg, Glenn, Dotter, and Steinberg, 1952;Goldberg and Steinberg, 1955;Likoff, Geckeler, and Gregory, 1954), and the literature has been reviewed by Fatti and Reid (1958) and it is not proposed to discuss it here.…”