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Primary myxoma of the aorta, limited to the subintima without metastasis, caused partial obstruction of the ascending aorta in a 62-year-old woman who died following surgical bypass.
This case report describes a rare instance of primary myxoma of the aorta, which proved fatal following surgical bypass.
Alerts clinicians to rare aortic myxoma in obstruction differentials; leaves open natural history and optimal management.
A case of primary myxoma of the aorta is described in a 62-year-old woman. The patient died following surgery in which a teflon graft was inserted to bypass the tumour which had caused partial obstruction of the ascending aorta. The tumour was limited to the subintima and had not metastasized.
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Gough et al. (1974) studied this question. Primary myxoma of the aorta, limited to the subintima without metastasis, caused partial obstruction of the ascending aorta in a 62-year-old woman who died following surgical bypass.
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