Left Atrial Myxoma: Pulmonary Infarction Caused by Pulmonary Venous Occlusion

Atrial myxomas are the most common primary cardiac tumors. Typical complications include congestive heart failure, systemic emboli, or vasculitic type syndromes. Presented is a case of postpartum congestive heart failure in a 17-year-old girl. Echocardiography revealed a left atrial mass. Intraopera...

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Veröffentlicht in:	The Annals of thoracic surgery 1987-02, Vol.43 (2), p.215-217
Hauptverfasser:	Stevens, Larry H., Hormuth, David A., Schmidt, Paul E., Atkins, Stanley, Fehrenbacher, John W.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adolescent Biological and medical sciences Cardiology. Vascular system Female Heart Heart Atria Heart Neoplasms - complications Heart Neoplasms - pathology Heart Neoplasms - surgery Humans Medical sciences Myxoma - complications Myxoma - pathology Myxoma - surgery Pulmonary Embolism - etiology Pulmonary Embolism - surgery Pulmonary Veins Tumors of the heart
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Zusammenfassung:	Atrial myxomas are the most common primary cardiac tumors. Typical complications include congestive heart failure, systemic emboli, or vasculitic type syndromes. Presented is a case of postpartum congestive heart failure in a 17-year-old girl. Echocardiography revealed a left atrial mass. Intraoperatively this mass was found to be extending into and occluding the left pulmonary veins. Left pulmonary infarction had occurred, and left pneumonectomy was required to completely remove the lesion. This case thus represents an unusual complication of left atrial myxoma.
ISSN:	0003-4975 1552-6259
DOI:	10.1016/S0003-4975(10)60401-8