An unusual case of giant cardiac fibroelastoma mimicking left atrial myxoma in a patient presenting with syncope

2012 ◽  
Vol 41 (3) ◽  
pp. 191-194 ◽  
Author(s):  
Georges Khoueiry ◽  
Fady Geha ◽  
Mustafain Meghani ◽  
Nidal Abi Rafeh ◽  
Basem Azab ◽  
...  
2012 ◽  
Vol 30 (1) ◽  
pp. E25-E25 ◽  
Author(s):  
Suresh Challa ◽  
Hari P. Chaliki ◽  
Mohammad Q. Najib ◽  
Jhansi L. Ganji ◽  
Roger L. Click

2018 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 161-163
Author(s):  
Narinder Pal Singh ◽  
Swapan Deep Singh Nagpal ◽  
Arun Kumar Goel ◽  
Bhupendra Kr Dhingra

Cardiac myxomas are rare tumors. Esophageal adenocarcinomas are common tumors of the gastrointestinal tract. Simultaneous occurrence of these tumors has not been reported. A 52-year-old gentleman presented to our hospital with dysphagia and was diagnosed with esophageal adenocarcinoma. Routine echocardiography discovered a cardiac tumor in the left atrium. The cardiac tumor was surgically removed and biopsy confirmed a myxoma. We removed the cardiac tumor as the first step and then initiated neoadjuvant chemotherapy. It is ideal to constitute a multidisciplinary team to decide on the course of treatment in such cases.


CHEST Journal ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 156 (4) ◽  
pp. A2229-A2230
Author(s):  
Gini Priyadharshini Jeyashanmugaraja ◽  
Asiya Mahmut ◽  
Ram Gordon

Author(s):  
António Fontes ◽  
Nuno Dias-Ferreira ◽  
Anabela Tavares ◽  
Fátima Neves

Abstract Background Myocarditis is an uncommon, potentially life-threatening disease that presents with a wide range of symptoms. In acute myocarditis, chest pain (CP) may mimic typical angina and also be associated with electrocardiographic changes, including an elevation of the ST-segment. A large percentage (20–56%) of myxomas are found incidentally. Case summary A 62-year-old female presenting with sudden onset CP and infero-lateral ST-elevation in the electrocardiogram. The diagnosis of ST-elevation myocardial infarction was presumed and administered tenecteplase. The patient was immediately transported to a percutaneous coronary intervention centre. She complained of intermittent diplopia during transport and referred constitutional symptoms for the past 2 weeks. Coronary angiography showed normal arteries. The echocardiogram revealed moderate to severe left ventricular systolic dysfunction due to large areas of akinesia sparing most of the basal segments, and a mobile mass inside the left atrium attached to the septum. The cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) suggested the diagnosis of myocarditis with concomitant left atrial myxoma. The patient underwent resection of the myxoma. Neurological evaluation was performed due to mild vertigo while walking and diplopia in extreme eye movements. The head magnetic resonance imaging identified multiple infracentimetric lesions throughout the cerebral parenchyma compatible with an embolization process caused by fragments of the tumour. Discussion Myocarditis can have various presentations may mimic acute myocardial infarction and CMR is critical to establish the diagnosis. Myxoma with embolic complications requires emergent surgery. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first case reported in the applicable literature of a myxoma diagnosed during a myocarditis episode.


2021 ◽  
Vol 77 (18) ◽  
pp. 3012
Author(s):  
Phillip Tran ◽  
Hanh D. Le ◽  
Trung M. Tran ◽  
Duy K. Doan ◽  
Huong Nguyen ◽  
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Circulation ◽  
1967 ◽  
Vol 36 (3) ◽  
pp. 417-421 ◽  
Author(s):  
JOHN L. PENNY ◽  
JOHN J. GREGORY ◽  
STEPHEN M. AYRES ◽  
STANLEY GIANNELLI ◽  
PLINIO ROSSI

1970 ◽  
Vol 282 (18) ◽  
pp. 1022-1023 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert E. Finegan ◽  
Donald C. Harrison

2017 ◽  
Vol 381 ◽  
pp. 879
Author(s):  
P. Lebedynets ◽  
V. Lebedynets ◽  
M. Moroz ◽  
K. Stetsyura

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