Familial Atrial Myxoma: Three Related Cases at an Australian Tertiary Institution

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.

An Audit of Management of Atrial Myxoma At A Tertiary Referal Centre

Myxomas are common intracardaic tumours. These lesions are friable and easy to embolise. We present data of surgical excision of this tumour in 8 patients,2012 to 2016. Patients data regarding age, sex, clinical presentation,size of myxoma, bypass time ,cross clamp time, postoperative course were noted. All patients were operated for removal of myxoma. Care was taken to ensure that minimal hand...

Two interesting cases of left atrial myxoma.

Atrial myxoma is the most common type of benign primary heart tumours. Most of these tumours are sporadic in origin occurring at 3rd to 6th decade of life, while hereditary forms do exist. They are mostly found in the left atrium followed by right atrium and ventricles. A left atrial myxoma may present with features of mitral valve obstruction, embolic phenomenon or systemic disease. On diagnos...

Left atrial myxoma: three case reports.

Familial Acute Myelogenous Leukemia: Report of Three Cases

Acute myelogenous leukemia (AML) is a hematological malignancy, which accounts for about 15-25% of childhood's leukemia. Genetic factor is one of the most important predisposing elements in childhood acute leukemia, especially AML. In this case report, a rare presentation of familial AML is presented in three monozygotic triplets. Two were 10 months old, and the other one was 16 months old at p...