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A rare cause of dyspnea: Two myxoma cases

Nefes darlığının nadir bir nedeni olan iki miksoma olgusu

Pages
106–110
Publication Date
2022-11-05
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We present these two cases in order to underline the fact that although encountered rarely, cardiac myxoma should be included in the differential diagnosis of dyspnea in everyday practice.

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Objective & Hypothesis:Myxomas are the most common types of primary cardiac tumors.
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Key Findings & Data:Here we report two myxoma cases, a 65 years old male and a 62 years old female, who were admitted to the hospital with rather different clinical presentations.
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Conclusion & Impact:We present these two cases in order to underline the fact that although encountered rarely, cardiac myxoma should be included in the differential diagnosis of dyspnea in everyday practice.
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Abstract

Myxomas are the most common types of primary cardiac tumors. Primary cardiac myxomas are typically encountered in the left atrium. Although they are generally benign on histopathological examination, they may cause cerebovascular embolism and mitral valvular obstruction due to their critical location. Myxomas are rarely asymptomatic. Here we report two myxoma cases, a 65 years old male and a 62 years old female, who were admitted to the hospital with rather different clinical presentations. The first patient had only mild dyspnea, whereas the second one presented with symptoms and signs of heart failure besides dyspnea. Albeit not included among the initial differential diagnoses, giant left atrial myxomas were detected in each patient on echocardiographic studies performed during their clinical evaluation. Masses were surgically excised and were pathologically diagnosed as myxomas. We present these two cases in order to underline the fact that although encountered rarely, cardiac myxoma should be included in the differential diagnosis of dyspnea in everyday practice.

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Miksomalar kalbin en sık görülen primer tümörleridir. Primer kardiyak miksomalar sıklıkla sol atriyumda yerleşirler. Genellikle histopatolojik olarak benign kabul edilmelerine rağmen, kritik yerleşimleri nedeniyle özellikle mitral kapak obstrüksiyonlarına ve serebrovasküler embolilere neden olabilirler. Miksomalar nadiren asemptomatiktir. Burada, farklı klinik tablolar ile başvuran 65 ve 62 yaşında iki miksoma vakası sunulmaktadır. İlk olgu hafif nefes darlığı, ikinci olgu ise nefes darlığı yanı sıra kalp yetersizliği semptom ve bulguları ile başvurmuştur. Başvuru sırasında öncelikli tanı olarak düşünülmese de, klinik izlem sırasında yapılan ekokardiyografilerinde her iki vakada sol atriyumda dev miksomalar saptanmıştır. Kitleler cerrahi olarak çıkarılmış ve patolojik tanıları miksoma ile uyumlu bulunmuştur. Nadir görülen miksomaların, klinik pratikte nefes darlığının tipik olmayan sebepleri arasında yer alabileceğini vurgulamak adına bu iki olgunun bildirilmesine karar verilmiştir.

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DÖVENTAŞ, A., İKİTİMUR, B., BEĞER, T., ERDİNÇLER, D. S., YILDIRIM, E., CENGİZ, M. (2022). A rare cause of dyspnea: Two myxoma cases. Türk Geriatri Dergisi, Cilt: 15 - Sayı: 1, 106–110. https://ajindex.com/articles/623973

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