COR TRIATRIATUM SEPTUM- A UNIQUE ORIGIN OF LEFT ATRIAL MYXOMA

Left Atrial Myxoma: A Rare Tumor in a Child

Atrial myxomas are uncommon in the pediatric population but are very important due to pursuant atrioventricular valve obstruction and systemic embolic events. Concerning multiple symptoms ranging from congestive heart failure to neurological deficits, the diagnosis of this disease is complicated. This paper reports a case of left atrium myxoma in a child treated with a surgical excision o...

Left Atrial Myxoma in Children: A Case Report

Un gargon de 13 ans fut hospitalise dans le Service de Pediatrie du C.H.U. de Pahlavi de la Faculte de Medicine de Teheran, pour une insuf­fisance cardiaque. Les signes auscultatoires, radiologiques et electriques evoquaient une stenose mitrale. Le malade deceda <lans le tableau d'oedeme pulmonaire aigli, apres quel­ques episodes d'hemiparesies resolutives.  A l'autopsie, il existait un myxcme...

Cor triatriatum; concerning the nature of an anomalous septum in the left auricle.

The term cor triatriatum is open to criticism but has been used by previous writers and has the merit of being superficially descriptive of a heart in which a transverse septum divides the left auricle into an upper and lower chamber. In 1829, Andral stated that he had seen a heart with three auricles, but he did not describe it. The abnormality is clearly uncommon for, since 1868, when Church ...

Total anomalous pulmonary venous connection and a restrictive foramen ovale, with left-sided deviation of the atrial septum mimicking left-sided cor triatriatum: echocardiographic misdiagnosis.

Atrial fibrillation and cor triatriatum sinister: a case report.

A 29-year-old man presented to our hospital with palpitations, shortness of breath, and orthopnea. After being admitted, he progressed to cardiogenic shock and respiratory failure, which required ventilator support and cardioversion. Subsequent evaluation revealed a fibromuscular membrane across the left atrium, requiring urgent corrective surgery.