Key result
Surgical resection of a large left atrial myxoma resulted in complete resolution of chronic dysphagia in a 53-year-old man.
Why the study?
Dysphagia caused by an atrial myxoma is exceptionally rare, having been reported only twice in the literature.
Does surgical resection improve dysphagia in a patient with atrial myxoma?
Case Report (n=1)
Does surgical resection improve dysphagia in a patient with atrial myxoma?
This case highlights that atrial myxoma can rarely present with dysphagia, which is reversible upon surgical resection.
Single-case dysphagia resolution after myxoma resection is hypothesis-generating; leaves open whether this extends to broader populations.
Atrial myxoma is a benign primary heart tumour, which can be found incidentally on imaging studies. It is usually located in the left atrium and may manifest as dyspnoea, chest pain, heart failure, cough, shortness of breath when rising from a recumbent position, haemoptysis, hoarseness and as a source of cardiac embolism. However, dysphagia caused by an atrial myxoma has been reported only twice in the literature. We present a 53-year-old Caucasian man with a chronic history of dysphagia caused by an atrial myxoma, in which surgical resection resulted in complete resolution of his dysphagia.
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Zock et al. (2021) conducted a case report in Atrial myxoma (n=1). Surgical resection was evaluated on Resolution of dysphagia. Surgical resection of a large left atrial myxoma resulted in complete resolution of chronic dysphagia in a 53-year-old man.
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