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...

Cardiac myxomas are benign tumors composed of sparse stellate cells in an extensive mucoid stroma. The surface of these tumors is often friable and gelatinous. Their intracardiac location makes embolization a constant threat. We report a patient who had diffuse systemic embolization of a left atrial myxoma coincident with a low-velocity frontal motor vehicle crash.

Experience of I2 patients with atrial myxoma over a period of Io years is reviewed. Eleven patients had a left atrial tumour and one a right atrial tumour. Successful surgical removal was carried out in 9 (8 left, and I right). Three patients died before operation, the diagnosis having been made in life in 2 of them. Seven patients with left atrial myxoma have been followed for 5 to Io years af...

Cardiac myxoma is one of the primary intracardiac tumours. We report case a left atrial in 26-year-old female patient admitted for investigation dyspnoea. Echocardiography led to diagnosis giant hypermobile prolapsing into ventricle. The died before being evacuated surgical treatment.

Myxoma is the most common primary tumor of the heart. The rarity of infected cardiac myxomas leads to numerous diagnostic and therapeutic difficulties. We present a case of infected left atrial myxoma caused by methicillin-sensible Staphylococcus aureus in a 48-year-old woman complicated by systemic embolism and septic shock.