Key result
A 2-month-old infant with a giant right atrial myxoma experienced fulminant progression and sudden cardiac arrest, demonstrating that this benign tumor can have an aggressive course in infants.
Why the study?
Cardiac myxomas are exceedingly rare in infancy, with right atrial myxomas recorded in only a small number of infant case reports.
Case Report (n=1)
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Highlights the atypical size and location of right atrial myxoma in an infant, which can cause diagnostic difficulty and fulminant progression.
Raises awareness for myxoma in infants with effusion; extends sparse case reports but leaves management questions open.
Cardiac myxoma is rare in children. Myxomas are exceedingly rare in infancy. Right atrial myxomas were recorded in a small number of case reports involving infants worldwide. We report the case of a 2-month-old infant with giant right atrial myxoma. The case presented to our hospital with respiratory distress, and had pericardial and pleural effusion. Diagnosis of cardiac tumor was made with the aid of computerized tomography scan and echocardiogram. The tumor size was 3.1 × 3.4 × 3.9 cm. The patient worsened rapidly and had sudden cardiac arrest which did not respond to interventions. Postmortem cardiac autopsy confirmed the diagnosis of myxoma on gross examination and histology. This article aims to focus attention to the atypical size and location of this atrial myxoma, causing diagnostic difficulty in this infant.
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Azapağası et al. (2020) conducted a case report in Giant right atrial myxoma (n=1). Giant right atrial myxoma was evaluated on Clinical outcome. A 2-month-old infant with a giant right atrial myxoma experienced fulminant progression and sudden cardiac arrest, demonstrating that this benign tumor can have an aggressive course in infants.
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