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A 52-year-old woman presenting with heart failure symptoms was found to have a left atrial mass mimicking a myxoma, which was surgically resected and identified as primary cardiac lymphoma.
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Primary cardiac lymphoma can present as a left atrial mass mimicking a myxoma and causing mitral regurgitation.
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Primary cardiac lymphoma should be considered in atypical left atrial masses; leaves open need for prospective data on management.
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Nguyen et al. (2007) conducted a case report in Primary cardiac lymphoma mimicking left atrial myxoma (n=1). Surgical resection and coronary artery bypass graft was evaluated. A 52-year-old woman presenting with heart failure symptoms was found to have a left atrial mass mimicking a myxoma, which was surgically resected and identified as primary cardiac lymphoma.
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