Left Atrial Myxoma in a Child with Unique Presentation: Chest Pain

Kaneko, Tsuyoshi; Walkes, Jon-Cecil; Tsai, Felix W.

doi:10.1007/s00246-010-9847-x

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“…Indeed, Voluminous forms are manifested by at least one of the clinical triad including the achievement of the general state, embolic accidents and syndromes or cardiac valvular obstructions cavitary. The Chest pain caused by coronary emboli [8] and syncope [3,4] were not observed in our patient. Asymptomatic forms have been described [8], which can be revealed by sudden death.…”

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“…The Chest pain caused by coronary emboli [8] and syncope [3,4] were not observed in our patient. Asymptomatic forms have been described [8], which can be revealed by sudden death. Echocardiography has enabled the diagnosis by revealing the tumor of the atrium and specifying its mobility.…”

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“…The gravity falls within its sometimes lethal complications [7]. Clinical signs are determined by the location of the myxoma, size and mobility [8]. It can manifest as a valve dysfunction (mitral obstruction) as was observed in our patient in whom the anastomosis of the tumor in the left ventricle bother closing the mitral (Figure 2), creating a mitral insufficiency translating itself clinically by a characteristic systolic murmur.…”

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Left Atrial Myxoma: Report of A Case Observed in A Child Six Years of Chu Brazzaville

Loufoua¹

2015

J Vasc Med Surg

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The left atrial myxoma is a rare tumor in children. We describe a case of left atrial myxoma in a 6 year old girl discovered at the balance sheet of a recurrent cough. The presence of cardiomegaly on chest radiograph motivate a specialist consultation, the diminishing of which will be noted the presence of mitral insufficiency murmur intensity 3/6 auscultation and echocardiography mass ovoid, left atrial appendage, pendant to the septal wall, trained in the ventricle in diastole and systole annoying in the closure of the mitral valve, creating a mitral regurgitation grade 3 surgical resection will be conducted in France, with an absence of postoperative recurrence at two years.

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Left Atrial Myxoma: Report of A Case Observed in A Child Six Years of Chu Brazzaville

Loufoua¹

2015

J Vasc Med Surg

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“…There are few reported cases of myxomas with this type of clinical presentation. In some of these cases, an elevation of myocardial necrosis markers was observed, resulting from embolization to the coronary arteries [ 8 , 10 , 11 ]. In a subgroup of these patients, as found in our clinical case, no coronary lesions were found by angiography.…”

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An Incidental Myxoma Hidden in Chest Pain

Gomes Cochicho,

Silva,

Louro

et al. 2023

Cureus

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Chest pain is a very common symptom in an emergency context. Its differential diagnosis is extensive and includes some conditions that require immediate recognition and intervention. It can also be a symptom associated with rarer diagnostic possibilities. Here, we report the case of a 53-year-old woman admitted to the emergency department due to chest pain and initially diagnosed with non-ST elevation acute myocardial infarction. A transthoracic echocardiogram revealed a large hyperechogenic round mass, suggestive of a left atrial cardiac myxoma. Coronary angiography showed no significant lesions. The patient underwent cardiac surgery with excision of the mass, whose histological diagnosis was atrial myxoma. The immediate postoperative period was uneventful, and the patient was discharged asymptomatic and without echocardiographic changes. Cardiac tumors are a rare finding, of which myxomas are the most common. Symptoms can typically result from embolism, obstruction, or constitutional symptoms. A myxoma presenting as acute chest pain and mimicking an acute coronary syndrome is an uncommon finding. This case reminds us of an extremely rare differential diagnosis of chest pain and awakens us to the usefulness and importance of using echocardiography as a diagnostic tool.

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Cardiac myxoma as a mimic: a diagnostic challenge

Frizell

Higgins

2014

The American Journal of Emergency Medicine

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Left Atrial Myxoma in a Child with Unique Presentation: Chest Pain

Cited by 5 publications

References 8 publications

Left Atrial Myxoma: Report of A Case Observed in A Child Six Years of Chu Brazzaville

Left Atrial Myxoma: Report of A Case Observed in A Child Six Years of Chu Brazzaville

An Incidental Myxoma Hidden in Chest Pain

Cardiac myxoma as a mimic: a diagnostic challenge

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