LEFT ATRIAL MYXOMA AND DESCENDING AORTIC DISSECTION IN A PATIENT WITH CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT: AN INCIDENTAL COEXISTENT FINDING

ESMAEILZADEH, M.; SADAT NASERI, A.; AZAR NIK, H.; BAGHAEI, R.; MOZAFARI, K.

LEFT ATRIAL MYXOMA AND DESCENDING AORTIC DISSECTION IN A PATIENT WITH CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT: AN INCIDENTAL COEXISTENT FINDING

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M. ESMAEILZADEH

A. SADAT NASERI

H. AZAR NIK

R. BAGHAEI

K. MOZAFARI

SHAHEED RAJAIE CARDIOVASCULAR MEDICAL CENTER, VALI ASR AVE, MELLAT PARK, TEHRAN, IRAN

Abstract

Cardiac myxomas are benign tumors of the heart with a surgical incidence of about 0.5/million population/year. They usually present during the 4^th to 6^th decades and are more commonly seen in females. About 75% arise in the left atrium (LA) and most are singly pedunculated, although multiple and villous forms have been described. Echocardiography has greatly facilitated the diagnosis of cardiac tumors. We report a case of left atrial myxoma as a source of emboli and an incidental finding of localized descending aortic dissection subsequent to a remote traumatic deceleration injury of the thoracic aorta. This is the first case of coexistence of LA myxoma and aortic dissection.

Keywords

MYXOMA

AORTIC DISSECTION

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY

Volume 8, Issue 3
Summer 2007
Pages 48-51

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LEFT ATRIAL MYXOMA AND DESCENDING AORTIC DISSECTION IN A PATIENT WITH CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT: AN INCIDENTAL COEXISTENT FINDING

Volume 8, Issue 3Summer 2007Pages 48-51

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Volume 8, Issue 3
Summer 2007
Pages 48-51