LEFT ATRIAL MYXOMA WITH AN UNUSUAL TUMOR VASCULARITY DEMONSTRATED BY ANGIOGRAPHY : Report of Two Cases

RYOHEI ENDOH; KUNlO AKAHANE; KEN HIRANO; HIROAKI YONEKURA; KOIKE SEIICHI; SHIGEYUKI KAWA; YASUYUKI SASAKI; SEIICHI FURUTA; KAZUHIRO SUYAMA; YASUTAKA FURIHATA; SHINICHI YOSHIZAWA

doi:10.1253/jcj.52.89

RYOHEI ENDOH, KUNlO AKAHANE, KEN HIRANO, HIROAKI YONEKURA, KOIKE SEIICHI, SHIGEYUKI KAWA, YASUYUKI SASAKI, SEIICHI FURUTA, KAZUHIRO SUYAMA, YASUTAKA FURIHATA, SHINICHI YOSHIZAWA

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RYOHEI ENDOH
KUNlO AKAHANE
KEN HIRANO
HIROAKI YONEKURA
KOIKE SEIICHI
SHIGEYUKI KAWA
YASUYUKI SASAKI
SEIICHI FURUTA
KAZUHIRO SUYAMA
YASUTAKA FURIHATA
SHINICHI YOSHIZAWA
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The Second Department of Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Shinshu University
The Second Department of Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Shinshu University
The Second Department of Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Shinshu University
The Second Department of Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Shinshu University
The Second Department of Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Shinshu University
The Second Department of Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Shinshu University
The Second Department of Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Shinshu University
The Second Department of Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Shinshu University
The Devision of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, National Matsumoto Hospital
The Devision of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, National Matsumoto Hospital
The Devision of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, National Matsumoto Hospital

Keywords: Atrial tumors, Myxoma, Tumor vascularity, Coronary arteriography

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1988 Volume 52 Issue 1 Pages 89-93

DOI https://doi.org/10.1253/jcj.52.89

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Abstract

We describe two cases of left atrial myxoma, demonstrating an unusual tumor vascularity as revealed by coronary angiograms. Both cases had suffered typical episodes of transient ischemic attack (TIA). Coronary angiography revealed tumor blood supply from coronary arteries in both cases, and also a leakage of contrast medium from the surface of the tumor blood vessels to the left atrium in one case. In the medical literature available in English reviewed so far, no report of such a leakage has been reported. Selective coronary arteriography can be a useful diagnostic method of delineating left atrial myxoma and its blood supply.

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