Cardiac myxoma are the most common benign primary cardiac tumors that can lead to many complications as described in literature. Here we report the case of a boy aged 11 that was referred for etiological diagnosis of ischemic stroke. Transthoracic echocardiography reveals a myxoma in the left atrium. Patient was referred to surgery. The diagnosis was confirmed and the mass was completely resected.

Primary cardiac tumours are discovered in about 1 in 2000 necropsies. Cardiac myxomas make up half of all benign intracardiac tumours. Seventy five per cent are located in the left atrium. The first left atrial myxoma arising from the left atrium of a transplanted heart is reported.

Here we report a case of a right atrial mass that morphology mimicking myxoma, in a young patient with no past medical history. The mass was pathologically confirmed to be symptomatic and surgical removal was successfully done.

Atrial myxomas are the most common primary cardiac tumors. Patients with left atrial myxomas generally present with mechanical obstruction of blood flow, systemic embolization, and constitutional symptoms. We present a case of an unusually large left atrial myxoma discovered incidentally in a patient with longstanding dyspnea being managed as bronchial asthma.

A patient had apical hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and left atrial myxoma. We believe that this is the first description of such a combination.

OBJECTIVE To determine whether atrial myxomas express antigens suggesting a neural origin. DESIGN A retrospective analysis based on immunohistochemical examination of myxoma tissue. SETTING Atrial myxomas excised by two tertiary referral cardiothoracic surgical units. SUBJECTS 24 excised atrial myxomas. Three were from known cases of familial myxoma syndrome. METHODS Immunohistochemical...

Hemangioma of the heart, presenting as a primary cardiac tumor is extremely rare; it accounts for approximately 2% of all primary resected heart tumors. In our patient, the tumor was located in the orifice of the right lower pulmonary vein. Few cases of cardiac hemangiomas have been reported to arise from the left atrial (LA) wall. Left atrial hemangiomas, especially those attached to the LA wa...

BACKGROUND Myxomas arising from the eustachian valve are exceedingly rare. CASE REPORT A 72-year-old Jamaican-Chinese woman was evaluated for worsening dyspnea. The 2-dimensional and real time 3-dimensional transesophageal echocardiogram showed a 75 mm length × 44 mm width, multilobulated, mobile mass arising from the eustachian valve occupying the entire right atrial and right ventricular ca...

To cite: Faustino A, Providência R, Trigo J, et al. BMJ Case Reports Published online: [please include Day Month Year] doi:10.1136/ bcr-2012-007850 DESCRIPTION A 53-year-old woman with a known history of hypertension and hypercholesterolaemia, under oral contraception, was admitted to the neurology department due to a lacunar stroke. She presented with a right motor deficit and dysarthria, and ...

This report describes a 41-year-old man who had atypical angina resulting from coronary steal by left atrial myxoma. The tumor was completely excised and the patient was symptoms free after operation.