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[Surgical treatment of a right atrial myxoma with pulmonary embolism].

Abstract
We report on an 18-year-old man with a right atrial myxoma complicated by widespread pulmonary infarction. Under cardiopulmonary bypass, a typical gelatin-like myxoma of 65 g in weight and the segments of pulmonary infarction were simultaneously removed. From the excised lung specimens, pulmonary tissue infarction caused by myxoma acting as a blocker was recognized. This was a very rare case of myxoma complicated by pulmonary infarction, and we report here the successful removal of the right myxoma and partial pneumonectomy.
AuthorsM Nakao, H Matsuda, H Nohara, T Higami, N Mukohara, T Asada, K Ogawa
JournalKyobu geka. The Japanese journal of thoracic surgery (Kyobu Geka) Vol. 42 Issue 11 Pg. 936-9 (Oct 1989) ISSN: 0021-5252 [Print] Japan
PMID2810983 (Publication Type: Case Reports, English Abstract, Journal Article)
Topics
  • Adolescent
  • Heart Atria
  • Heart Neoplasms (complications, surgery)
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Myxoma (complications, surgery)
  • Pulmonary Embolism (etiology, surgery)

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