A left atrial mass in a 2.7-year-old girl who presented with congestive heart failure, which surgical pathology revealed to be a myxoma, is reported. The timely precise diagnosis obtained by means of two-dimensional echocardiography allowed the immediate surgical treatment of this rare, benign but potentially lethal cardiac tumor in infancy.
Left atrial myxoma in a child - Case report and review of the literature
Padalino M
Writing – Original Draft Preparation
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2003-01-01
Abstract
A left atrial mass in a 2.7-year-old girl who presented with congestive heart failure, which surgical pathology revealed to be a myxoma, is reported. The timely precise diagnosis obtained by means of two-dimensional echocardiography allowed the immediate surgical treatment of this rare, benign but potentially lethal cardiac tumor in infancy.File in questo prodotto:
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