Detection of right atrial myxoma by coronary cinearteriography
โ Scribed by Levin, Howard ;Cha, Se Do ;Sumathisena, ;Gonzalez-Lavin, Lorenzo ;Gooch, Alden S ;Maranhao, Vladir
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1986
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 236 KB
- Volume
- 12
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0098-6569
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โฆ Synopsis
During routine coronary cinearteriography, a large, right atrial myxoma was detected in a patient with angina pectoris. It was clinically unsuspected and was found at surgery to extend partially into the left atrium.
๐ SIMILAR VOLUMES
Cardiac myxomas are rare neoplasms usually diagnosed by echocardiography. Preoperative tissue diagnosis is usually not obtained because of the location of these neoplasms. Their cytologic appearance has only been reported from touch imprints of operative specimens or aspirates of metastatic deposits