Atypical myxoma features: A simulator in times of COVID-19
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cystic atrial myxoma, atypical atrial myxoma.Abstract
We present a case of a 55-year-old woman with an atypical myxoma in the left atrium. She was admitted for one month history of fever, cough and dyspnea associated with radiological alveolar infiltrates in the chest X-ray. Echocardiography revealed the existence of a heterogeneous mass in the left atrium dependent on the interatrial septum with a large cystic content prolapsing through mitral valve and causing significant obstruction. Its echocardiographic morphological characteristics suggested myxoma or sarcoma as two possible etiological diagnoses. Urgently surgical intervention was practiced and the intraoperative biopsy confirmed the existence of atrial myxoma.
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