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ArticleFrontiers in cardiovascular medicine2024

Case Report: Giant left atrial cystic tumor: myxoma or intracardiac blood cyst?

Weizhang Xiao, Jing Qin, Jia Feng, Feng Jiang, Xinming Chen, Xiang Cao, Qun Xue, Jiahai Shi

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Article in Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine, 2024. 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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Weizhang XiaoDepartment of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Affiliated Hospital and Medical School of Nantong University, Nantong, China.
Jing QinDepartment of Echocardiography, Affiliated Hospital and Medical School of Nantong University, Nantong, China.
Jia FengDepartment of Pathology, Affiliated Hospital and Medical School of Nantong University, Nantong, China.
Feng JiangDepartment of Echocardiography, Affiliated Hospital and Medical School of Nantong University, Nantong, China.
Xinming ChenDepartment of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Affiliated Hospital and Medical School of Nantong University, Nantong, China.
Xiang CaoDepartment of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Affiliated Hospital and Medical School of Nantong University, Nantong, China.
Qun XueDepartment of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Affiliated Hospital and Medical School of Nantong University, Nantong, China.
Jiahai ShiDepartment of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Affiliated Hospital and Medical School of Nantong University, Nantong, China.
Nantong University · CNAffiliated Hospital of Nantong University · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: Primary cardiac tumors are uncommon, with the majority being benign myxomas. Cystic myxoma, a particularly rare type of benign cardiac tumor, demands cautious differential diagnosis from other cardiac tumors. Case summary: A 43-year-old male patient presenting with intermittent dyspnea was referred to our department for surgical evaluation. Transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) and transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) unveiled an intra-left atrial cyst, which was subsequently found to be blood-filled during a video-assisted microinvasive heart surgery. Pathological examination depicted a cyst wall filled with small stellate and fat spindle cells, along with a mucoid matrix, indicating a diagnosis of cystic myxoma. Conclusions: We herein presented a rare case of an adult patient with cystic myxoma, initially misdiagnosed as an intracardiac blood cyst (CBC) prior to surgery, and ultimately verified via pathological findings.

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