Open AccessСardiac myxoma: challenge in diagnostics. Case report
Author(s) -
Victоr Fоmin,
Фомин Виктор Викторович,
E. A. Kogan,
Коган Евгения Алтаровна,
Н.С. Морозова,
Морозова Наталья Сергеевна,
М. А. Чичкова,
Чичкова Наталья Васильевна,
Р. Н. Комаров,
Комаров Роман Николаевич,
N. O. Kurasov,
Курасов Николай Олегович,
Nadezhda A. Dgengera,
Дженжера Надежда Александровна,
Vera I. Romanova,
Романова Вера Ивановна,
А. В. Седов,
Седов Алексей Всеволодович,
Natalia D. Sarkisova,
Саркисова Наталия Донатовна,
Polina A. Shelukha,
Шелуха Полина Александровна
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
terapevtičeskij arhiv
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.181
H-Index - 14
eISSN - 2309-5342
pISSN - 0040-3660
DOI - 10.26442/00403660.2021.4.200685
Subject(s) - myxoma , medicine , cardiac tumors , magnetic resonance imaging , radiology , computed tomography , atrial myxoma , clinical practice , cardiac magnetic resonance , family medicine
Cardiac myxoma is the most common primary benign cardiac tumor (up to 50% of all primary cardiac neoplasms). The implementation of the modern imaging techniques into the clinical practice, particularly, 2D echocardiography, computed tomography and magnetic resonance tomography (MRI) results to the prompt diagnosis of the myxoma. However, the absence of specific clinical features, insufficient awareness of this condition among the physicians along with a rare prevalence, may lead to a misdiagnosis. This case report is notable for the relatively late diagnosis of a giant left atrial myxoma due to a number of circumstances but with successful surgical treatment.