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A 12-year-old boy with a rare, large right atrial myxoma causing tricuspid and pulmonary valve obstructions died suddenly before planned surgical removal.
Case Report (n=1)
This case highlights the rare presentation of a large right atrial myxoma causing tricuspid and pulmonary valve obstructions in a child, effectively diagnosed by transthoracic echocardiography.
Pediatric right atrial myxoma can cause sudden preoperative death; leaves open optimal timing of intervention in rare obstructive cases.
Myxomas comprise 6% to 10% of primary cardiac tumors in childhood. Less than 10% of patients with cardiac myxomas are under 15 years of age. A large myxoma occupying in the right atrium and prolapsing into the right ventricle, pulmonary artery and producing tricuspid and pulmonary valve obstructions was diagnosed by Transthoracic 2D echocardiographic imaging in a 12-year-old male child.
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Ramachandran Muthiah (2016) conducted a case report in Right Atrial Myxoma (n=1). Right Atrial Myxoma was evaluated on Clinical outcome. A 12-year-old boy with a rare, large right atrial myxoma causing tricuspid and pulmonary valve obstructions died suddenly before planned surgical removal.
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