Giant incidental cardiac mass compatible with myxoma in a 92‐year‐old woman

Beloosesky, Yichayaou; Katz, Menachem; Grinblat, Joseph

doi:10.1046/j.1532-5415.2001.04948.x

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“…Myxoma is the most common primary cardiac tumor, 1–3 accounting for 20%–30% of intracardiac tumors. Most patients with myxomas are 30–60 years of age, yet myxomas have been discovered up to the tenth decade of life 4–7 . Most of the myxomas are solitary and occur in the left atrium 8,9 .…”

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New Diagnosis of Left Atrial Myxoma in a 93‐Year‐Old Woman

Kang

Bhullar

Kang

2005

American J Geri Cardiology

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A 93-year-old woman with a history of hypertension was noted to have a mass in the left atrium prolapsing partially through the mitral valve on a routine surface echocardiogram in 2002. A transesophageal echocardiogram was then performed revealing an irregular mass with an appearance of protruding fronds of tissue. The echogenicity of the mass was inhomogeneous with some areas of punctate calcification, and the mass was attached to the interatrial septum. The echocardiographic appearance of the mass was almost pathognomic of atrial myxoma, and this is the oldest patient yet to have been diagnosed with a probable myxoma. The patient did not want surgical removal of the mass. She is still asymptomatic at the age of 95 years.

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New Diagnosis of Left Atrial Myxoma in a 93‐Year‐Old Woman

Kang

Bhullar

Kang

2005

American J Geri Cardiology

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“…While myxomas are rare in the cardiac surgical population, they are the most common benign neoplasms of the heart and represent the vast majority of all primary cardiac tumors. Primary cardiac tumors are rare and have had a reported occurrence of 0.0017% to 0.19% according to autopsy results 1–3 . While cardiac tumors can be found in any chamber of the heart; approximately 75% to 80% of cardiac myxomas are located in the left atrium, 10% to 20% in the right atrium, and the rest in either the left or right ventricle 4–7 …”

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The Dangers of Cardiac Myxomas

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Rebeyka

Mah

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Progress Cardiovascular Nurs

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A variety of cardiac tumors have been acknowledged in the literature since the 16th century as rare forms of cardiac disease. Of the primary tumors, myxomas account for at least 30% to 50% of benign tumors. Despite significant advances in cardiac diagnostics leading to early recognition of myxomas, the potential for deleterious effects secondary to embolic complications remains high. The purpose of this paper is to provide nurses with an understanding of the epidemiology, pathology, clinical presentation, and assessment of individuals with cardiac myxomas. A case presentation is used to illustrate how the misdiagnosis of cardiac myxoma led to a delay in patient treatment. Prompt recognition, diagnosis, and treatment are important in improving patient outcomes and quality of life. Due to the infrequency of cardiac myxomas, ensuring appropriate preoperative and postoperative nursing care to the patient with a cardiac myxoma is essential.

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Giant incidental cardiac mass compatible with myxoma in a 92‐year‐old woman

Cited by 2 publications

References 5 publications

New Diagnosis of Left Atrial Myxoma in a 93‐Year‐Old Woman

New Diagnosis of Left Atrial Myxoma in a 93‐Year‐Old Woman

The Dangers of Cardiac Myxomas

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