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An atypical presentation of an atypically localized cardiac myxoma

Atipik klinik ile tespit edilen atipik yerleşimli kardiyak miksoma

Sezen Bağlan Uzunget(UFUK ÜNİVERSİTESİ)
Özge Kurmuş(UFUK ÜNİVERSİTESİ)
Berkay Ekici(UFUK ÜNİVERSİTESİ)
Haldun Umdum(UFUK ÜNİVERSİTESİ)
Ebru Akgül Ercan(UFUK ÜNİVERSİTESİ)
Pages
139–141
Publication Date
2017-06-01
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In patients with transient ischaemic symptoms but without atrial fibrillation echocardiography should be performed to diagnose of potential mass in left atrium.

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Objective & Hypothesis:Atrial myxomas are the most common benign primary cardiac tumors that can lead to many complications as defined in literature.
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Key Findings & Data:Here we report the case of a 55-year-old woman whom was referred to our outpatient clinic for etiological diagnosis of unilateral transient loss of vision.
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Conclusion & Impact:In patients with transient ischaemic symptoms but without atrial fibrillation echocardiography should be performed to diagnose of potential mass in left atrium.
🔬Design:Olgu Sunumu
📍Scope:Comprehensive Sample
⚙️Variables:atipik yerleşimli kardiyak miksoma · sol atriyal miksoma · atypically localized cardiac myxoma

Abstract

Atrial myxomas are the most common benign primary cardiac tumors that can lead to many complications as defined in literature. Although the majority occur in the left atrium and attached to interatrial septum, they can arise from any cardiac chamber. Here we report the case of a 55-year-old woman whom was referred to our outpatient clinic for etiological diagnosis of unilateral transient loss of vision. Transesophageal echocardiography revealed a mass that was suspected as cardiac myxoma arising from the posterior wall of the LA in the vicinity of the left superior pulmonary vein. During the surgical procedure cardiac mass was removed totally and the pathological examination confirmed the diagnosis as cardiac myxoma. In patients with transient ischaemic symptoms but without atrial fibrillation echocardiography should be performed to diagnose of potential mass in left atrium.

Özet

Atriyal miksomalar, en sık karşılaşılan benign primer kardiyak tümörlerdir. Literatürde tanımlandığı üzere birçok komplikasyona yol açmaktadır. Çoğunlukla solda atriyumda olsa da atriyum ve interatriyal septuma bağlı olarak, herhangi bir kardiyak boşlukta ortaya çıkabilir. Bu olgu raporunda 55 yaşındaki bir kadın hastamızı sunduk. Kardiyoloji polikliniğine tek taraflı geçici görme kaybı etyolojisinin araştırılması amacıyla danışıldı. Transözofageal-ekokardiyografide kardiyak miksoma olarak şüphe edilen bu kitlelenin cerrahi esnasında sol atriyum posteriyor duvar, sol üst pulmoner ven çevresinden kaynaklandığı tespit edildi ve kitle tamamen çıkartıldı. Patolojik inceleme sonucunda tanı kardiyak miksoma olarak doğrulandı. Geçici iskemik semptomları olan ancak atriyal fibrilasyonu olmayan hastalarda sol atriyumda potansiyel kitle tanısını koymak için ekokardiyografi yapılmalıdır.

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Uzunget, S. B., Kurmuş, Ö. (2017). An atypical presentation of an atypically localized cardiac myxoma. Turkish Journal of Clinics and Laboratory, Cilt: 8 Sayı: 3, 139–141. https://doi.org/10.18663/tjcl.286585

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