Population
19 patients with atrial tumour (17 with left atrial myxoma, 1 with rhabdomyosarcoma)
Design
Case_series
Follow-up
5-19 years, mean 10 years
Authors
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Supports benign post-resection course for myxomas in this series; leaves open prospective validation and criteria to exclude malignancy.
True atrial myxomas do not appear to metastasize or recur after excision, and variations from typical clinical pictures should raise suspicion for malignancy.
Rosman et al. (1982) studied this question.
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