Atrial Myxoma and Hypersomnia

RIGHT ATRIAL MYXOMA

A case of right atrial myxoma in a 5 year old male is presented. The Patient was admitted in the pediatric department with systemic manifestations. Myxoma was incidentally diagnosed.

Atrial myxoma

Atrial myxoma is the most common intracardiac tumor in adults, and 60% of all tumors are found by echocardiogram. Its protean clinical manifestations make the clinical diagnosis difficult. Atrial myxomas explain a minority of all strokes, but many embolize systemically and may cause cardiac symptoms and even paraneoplastic syndromes. Its management requires surgical excision. In this update, Dr...

right atrial myxoma

a case of right atrial myxoma in a 5 year old male is presented. the patient was admitted in the pediatric department with systemic manifestations. myxoma was incidentally diagnosed.

Right Atrial Myxoma and Syncope

BACKGROUND Right atrial myxoma accounts for 15-20% of cardiac myxomas and syncope is a very rare manifestation. We present the case of an 89-year-old man with right atrial myxoma and syncope, and discuss the role of cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in the diagnosis of myxomas. CASE REPORT An 89-year-old man with a history of hypertension, hyperlipidemia, chronic kidney disease stage 4...

Lentiginosis and left atrial myxoma.