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- Title
Extra cardiac tumor misdiagnosed as a left atrial myxoma.
- Authors
Kwangook Choi; Dongho Jung; Seong Wook Hong; Younghoon Jeon; Si Oh Kim
- Abstract
The article presents a case study of a 51-year-old woman incidentally detected with presence of mass or thrombus like lesion within the Left atrial (LA) cavity. In a transthoracic echocardiographic examination (TTE) it revealed the presence of an echogenic mass, with characteristic features of a myxoma in the left atrial appendage (LAA), and concomitant mild mitral valve regurgitation, but normal ejection fraction. It also mentions the patient was misdiagnosed with LA myxoma.
- Subjects
THROMBOSIS diagnosis; TISSUE wounds; MYXOMA; BODY cavities; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; MITRAL valve insufficiency
- Publication
Korean Journal of Anesthesiology, 2014, Vol 67, pS67
- ISSN
2005-6419
- Publication type
Case Study
- DOI
10.4097/kjae.2014.67.S.S67