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Multimed
versão On-line ISSN 1028-4818
Resumo
PEREZ DOMINGUEZ, Julio Alberto et al. Left atrial myxoma. Reporá oftwo cases. Multimed [online]. 2019, vol.23, n.5, pp. 1133-1142. ISSN 1028-4818.
Introduction:
atrial myxomas represent the most frequent cardiac tumors, they are infrequent but cause a high percentage of systemic and embolic complications. Surgery is the only possible therapy and recurrence occurs in up to 5% of operated patients. In order to illustrate echocardiographically and explain the possible causes of recurrence, the present clinical case is described.
Case presentation:
a 53-year-old woman surgically treated for a left atrial myxoma in 2008 and asymptomatic recurrence of the tumor was confirmed 7 years later; We also report a 48-year-old man who presented precordial pain syndrome diagnosed giant left atrial myxoma and after surgical treatment his evolution is satisfactory.
Discussion:
the most frequent clinical forms of presentation are syncopal episodes of short duration, cardiac arrhythmias, pulmonary edema and symptoms of low cardiac output.
Conclusions:
Transthoracic echocardiography represents a fundamental tool for early diagnosis and tumor recurrence.
Palavras-chave : Myxoma; Echocardiography.