Key result
Surgical excision successfully removes a massive 458-g left atrial myxoma in a young adult.
Why the study?
Atrial myxomas are the most common benign primary cardiac tumors and can mimic other cardiac conditions, but extremely large myxomas are rarely reported.
Case Report (n=1)
Successful resection of giant left atrial myxomas remains feasible; leaves open optimal diagnostic thresholds and long-term outcomes.
Atrial myxomas are the most common benign primary tumor of the heart. These cardiac growths can masquerade as mitral stenosis and infective endocarditis. A 35-year-old man presented with complaints of nonspecific symptoms. Echocardiogram revealed a large atrial myxoma occupying the left atrium. Excision revealed a 14 × 8 × 6 cm3 tumor attached to a 4 × 3 × 2 cm3 stalk of septal tissue. We describe a giant left atrial myxoma. We were not able to find another myxoma as big as this one in the literature, so we are reporting it.
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Rohani et al. (2010) conducted a case report in Atrial myxoma (n=1). Surgical excision was evaluated on Successful excision of tumor. Surgical excision successfully removed a colossal 14 × 8 × 6 cm³ left atrial myxoma weighing 458 g in a 35-year-old man presenting with nonspecific symptoms.
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