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Two-dimensional echocardiography provided essential information for the successful surgical resection of a left atrial myxoma in a 12-year-old boy, obviating the need for cardiac catheterization.
Case Report (n=1)
Two-dimensional echocardiography can provide sufficient diagnostic information for the surgical resection of left atrial myxomas, avoiding the need for invasive cardiac catheterization.
Echocardiography may suffice for preoperative planning in select pediatric myxoma cases; hypothesis-generating and requires prospective validation.
Although uncommon in children, primary cardiac tumors, especially left atrial myxomas, can be cured with surgery. We present our experience with a 12-year old boy with a left atrial myxoma diagnosed by two-dimensional echocardiography who underwent successful surgical resection without prior catheterization. We recommend that all patients suspected of having cardiac tumors undergo echocardiographic evaluation. As this case illustrates, the essential information for surgical management of myxomas can be obtained from two-dimensional echocardiograms, which obviates cardiac catheterization.
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Ann Dunnigan (1981) conducted a case report in Left atrial myxoma (n=1). Two-dimensional echocardiography was evaluated on Successful surgical resection without prior catheterization. Two-dimensional echocardiography provided essential information for the successful surgical resection of a left atrial myxoma in a 12-year-old boy, obviating the need for cardiac catheterization.
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