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Left atrial myxoma: pulmonary infarction caused by pulmonary venous occlusion.

Abstract
Atrial myxomas are the most common primary cardiac tumors. Typical complications include congestive heart failure, systemic emboli, or vasculitic type syndromes. Presented is a case of postpartum congestive heart failure in a 17-year-old girl. Echocardiography revealed a left atrial mass. Intraoperatively this mass was found to be extending into and occluding the left pulmonary veins. Left pulmonary infarction had occurred, and left pneumonectomy was required to completely remove the lesion. This case thus represents an unusual complication of left atrial myxoma.
AuthorsL H Stevens, D A Hormuth, P E Schmidt, S Atkins, J W Fehrenbacher
JournalThe Annals of thoracic surgery (Ann Thorac Surg) Vol. 43 Issue 2 Pg. 215-7 (Feb 1987) ISSN: 0003-4975 [Print] Netherlands
PMID3813712 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)
Topics
  • Adolescent
  • Female
  • Heart Atria
  • Heart Neoplasms (complications, pathology, surgery)
  • Humans
  • Myxoma (complications, pathology, surgery)
  • Pulmonary Embolism (etiology, surgery)
  • Pulmonary Veins

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