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ArticleJournal of investigative medicine high impact case reports

Giant Left Atrial Myxoma Masquerading as Cough-Syncope Syndrome.

Jennifer N Bowman, Jennifer M Treece, Pradnya Brijmohan Bhattad, Melania Bochis, Kailash Bajaj

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Article in Journal of investigative medicine high impact case reports. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2 citing papers in PubMed, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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5 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Jennifer N BowmanEast Tennessee State University and James H. Quillen College of Medicine, Johnson City, TN, USA.
Jennifer M TreeceEast Tennessee State University and James H. Quillen College of Medicine, Johnson City, TN, USA.
Pradnya Brijmohan BhattadGrant Government Medical College and Sir J. J. Group of Hospitals, Mumbai, India.
Melania BochisEast Tennessee State University and James H. Quillen College of Medicine, Johnson City, TN, USA.
Kailash BajajEast Tennessee State University and James H. Quillen College of Medicine, Johnson City, TN, USA.
East Tennessee State University · USGrant Medical College and Sir Jamshedjee Jeejeebhoy Group of Hospitals · IN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Left atrial myxomas are the most common type of benign primary cardiac tumor. Patients can present with generalized symptoms, such as fatigue, symptoms from obstruction of the myxoma, or even embolization of the myxoma causing distal thrombosis. We describe a case with several-month duration of syncopal episodes that occurred after coughing and with exertion. Computed tomography of the chest showed a 6.1 cm by 4.5 cm mass in the left atrium, later evaluated with an echocardiogram. Cardiothoracic surgery removed the mass, and it was determined to be an atrial myxoma. It is important for an internist to be able to diagnose an atrial myxoma because of the risks associated with embolization and even sudden death as myxoma can block blood supply from atrium to ventricle.

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Atrial myxomaCough-syncope syndromeSyncopal episode

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PMID28815190
PMCPMC5546641
OpenAlexW2744328017

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