Clinical Observation of Asymptomatic Left Atrial Myxoma
https://doi.org/10.20514/2226-6704-2022-12-5-389-393
Abstract
Myxomas are the most common type of primary benign cardiac tumor in adults, with an incidence of about 0.2 % in the population at autopsy. Myxomas develop from multipotent mesenchyme and are usually an undifferentiated, pedunculated atrial mass attached to a fossa ovale on the left side of the atrial septum. Frequent asymptomatic course of the disease complicates timely diagnosis and treatment. The presented clinical observation demonstrates the accidental detection of left atrial myxoma in a 68-year-old patient with subsequent successful surgical intervention.
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V. A. Sergeeva
Saratov State Medical University n.a. V.I. Razumovsky
Russian Federation
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Victoria A. Sergeeva
Saratov
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S. N. Tolstov
Saratov State Medical University n.a. V.I. Razumovsky
Russian Federation
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Russian Federation
Saratov
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E. D. Sychkova
Saratov State Medical University n.a. V.I. Razumovsky
Russian Federation
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Russian Federation
Saratov
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Sergeeva V.A., Tolstov S.N., Sychkova E.D. Clinical Observation of Asymptomatic Left Atrial Myxoma. The Russian Archives of Internal Medicine. 2022;12(5):389-393. https://doi.org/10.20514/2226-6704-2022-12-5-389-393
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