Open AccessCARDIACMYXOMA: THE PARADOXBETWEEN ITSBENIGNITY AND ITSDRAMATIC COMPLICATIONS: 5 CASE REPORTS AND LITERATUREREVIEW
Author(s) -
Yousra Oussou,
Nour El Houda Snoussi,
Kawtar Manouri,
Youssra Serroukh,
Mohamed Cherti
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
international journal of advanced research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2320-5407
DOI - 10.21474/ijar01/12193
Subject(s) - medicine , embolization , general surgery , surgery
Cardiacmyxoma are the most common benign primary cardiactumors that can lead to many complications as described in literature. It is a benigntumor but her complications are dramaticbecause of herlocalization and hisrisk of embolization in otherorganswhich put the vital prognosisatrisk. We report 5 cases withdifferentclinicalsymptoms. We illustrate through these cases the embolic and obstructive complications of cardiacmyxoma and weinsist on the interest of an urgent surgicaltreatment.