scholarly journals A Rare Cause of Dyspnea: Left Atrial Myxoma Mimicking Pulmonary Embolism

2014 ◽  
Vol 25 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Altug Osken
2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (12) ◽  
pp. 511-515
Author(s):  
Anton Mararenko ◽  
Ndausung Udongwo ◽  
Dhaval Desai ◽  
Matthew S. Schoenfeld

2006 ◽  
Vol 132 (5) ◽  
pp. 1223-1224 ◽  
Author(s):  
Giuseppe Rescigno ◽  
Sacha L.S. Matteucci ◽  
Alessandro D’Alfonso ◽  
Gianfranco Iacobone ◽  
Gian Piero Piccoli

2014 ◽  
Vol 25 (6) ◽  
pp. 621-624 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel T. Redford ◽  
Jess L. Thompson ◽  
James C. McCulloch ◽  
Vance G. Nielsen

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

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