Unusual Growth of a Left Atrial Myxoma Complicated by a Secundum Atrial Septal Defect

Takashi Watanabe; Kazu Minami; Akira Miyamoto; Yasunori Sugiyabu; Masafumi Akita; Michio Nukariya

doi:10.1253/circj.67.1068

Case Report

Unusual Growth of a Left Atrial Myxoma Complicated by a Secundum Atrial Septal Defect

Takashi Watanabe, Kazu Minami, Akira Miyamoto, Yasunori Sugiyabu, Masafumi Akita, Michio Nukariya

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Keywords: Atrial septal defect, Left atrial myxoma, Transesophageal echocardiography

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2003 Volume 67 Issue 12 Pages 1068-1069

DOI https://doi.org/10.1253/circj.67.1068

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Abstract

A 55 year-old man had a myxoma that originated in the left atrium and grew through a secundum atrial septal defect into the right atrium. The tumor, which was attached by a pedicle to the lateral wall of the left atrium near the right pulmonary vein, was resected under cardiopulmonary bypass. Transesophageal echocardiography was important in the successful outcome of surgical treatment. (Circ J 2003; 67: 1068 - 1069)

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