Left Atrial Huge Myxoma with Asymptomatic Patient: Case Report

Year 2008, Volume: 10 Issue: 1, 37 - 39, 01.03.2008

Ali Doğan Cemil Zencir Tuğrul İnanç Özgür Günebakmaz Recep Aksu İbrahim Özdoğru

Abstract

Myxoma is the most common primary tumor of the heart. The majority of myxomas are located in the left atrium. Although cardiac myxomas are histologically benign, they may be the source of emboli and cause intracardiac obstruction. Myxomas rarely remain asymptomatic, especially if they are large. A 42-year-old woman was admitted to our clinic with complaint of mild dyspnea. Echocardiography showed huge myxoma in left atrium. Surgery was performed and the mass was removed. Pathological examination demonstrated myxoma. We report a case of an asymptomatic huge left atrial myxoma

Keywords

Atrial myxoma, cardiac tumor, asymptomatic patient

Sol Atriyal Dev Miksoması olan Asemptomatik Hasta: Olgu Sunumu

Abstract

Miksomalar kalbin en sık görülen primer tümörleridir. Primer kardiyak miksomalar sıklıkla sol atriyumda yerleşirler. Genellikle miksomalar histopatolojik olarak benign kabul edilmelerine rağmen özellikle mitral kapak obstrüksiyonlarına ve serebrovasküler embolilere neden olabilirler. Miksomalar nadiren asemptomatiktir, özellikle de çok büyük boyutlarda iken semptomatik olurlar. 42 yaşında bayan hasta kliniğimize hafif nefes darlığı yakınması ile başvurdu. Ekokardiyografi ile sol atriyumda dev miksoma saptandı. Kitle cerrahi olarak çıkarıldı ve patolojik tanı miksoma ile uyumlu idi. Hasta dev sol atriyal miksomaya rağmen asemptomatik olması nedeni ile takdimi uygun bulundu

Keywords

Atriyal miksoma, kardiyak tümör, asemptomatik hasta

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