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ArticleJournal of cardiovascular echography

Once Upon a Time… an Atrial Myxoma: A Case Report of a Delayed Diagnosis.

Raffaele Carluccio, Teresa Russo, Giuseppe Cioffi, Alfonsina Chirico, Elisa Di Pietro, Giacomo Mattiello, Lucia Mitrano, Federica Porzio, Francesco Sessa, Crescenzo Testa and 3 more

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Article in Journal of cardiovascular echography. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

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13 authors.

Raffaele CarluccioDepartment of Critical Care, Unit of Cardiology and Intensive Coronary Care, Area Stabiese United Hospitals, "San Leonardo" Hospital, Castellammare di Stabia, Italy.
Teresa RussoDepartment of Critical Care, Unit of Cardiology and Intensive Coronary Care, Area Stabiese United Hospitals, "San Leonardo" Hospital, Castellammare di Stabia, Italy.
Giuseppe CioffiDepartment of Translational Medical Science, "Federico II" University of Naples, Naples, Italy.
Alfonsina ChiricoDepartment of Critical Care, Unit of Cardiology and Intensive Coronary Care, Area Stabiese United Hospitals, "San Leonardo" Hospital, Castellammare di Stabia, Italy.
Elisa Di PietroDepartment of Critical Care, Unit of Cardiology and Intensive Coronary Care, Area Stabiese United Hospitals, "San Leonardo" Hospital, Castellammare di Stabia, Italy.
Giacomo MattielloDepartment of Critical Care, Unit of Cardiology and Intensive Coronary Care, Area Stabiese United Hospitals, "San Leonardo" Hospital, Castellammare di Stabia, Italy.
Lucia MitranoDepartment of Critical Care, Unit of Cardiology and Intensive Coronary Care, Area Stabiese United Hospitals, "San Leonardo" Hospital, Castellammare di Stabia, Italy.
Federica PorzioDepartment of Critical Care, Unit of Cardiology and Intensive Coronary Care, Area Stabiese United Hospitals, "San Leonardo" Hospital, Castellammare di Stabia, Italy.
Francesco SessaDepartment of Critical Care, Unit of Cardiology and Intensive Coronary Care, Area Stabiese United Hospitals, "San Leonardo" Hospital, Castellammare di Stabia, Italy.
Crescenzo TestaDepartment of Medicine and Surgery, University of Parma, Parma, Italy.
Antonio Luca Maria ParlatiDepartment of Advanced Biomedical Science, "Federico II" University of Naples, Naples, Italy.
Brenno FioraniDepartment of Cardiovascular Surgery, Division of Cardiac Surgery, "San Giuseppe Moscati" Hospital, Avellino, Italy.
Fabio MinicucciDepartment of Critical Care, Unit of Cardiology and Intensive Coronary Care, Area Stabiese United Hospitals, "San Leonardo" Hospital, Castellammare di Stabia, Italy.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Myxoma is a rare benign primary cardiac tumor and the most common intracardiac tumor at all. It is usually asymptomatic or it may present gradually related to the increasing size. The clinical features and manifestations can be subtle, misdiagnosed, and not attributed to atrial myxoma (AM) due to the overlapping signs and symptoms with other pathological disorders such as neurological diseases. The reported case concerns a patient with a history of epilepsy presenting to the emergency department for an episode of syncope and seizures not responding to medical treatments. A complete cardiac evaluation with electrocardiogram, transthoracic echocardiography, and cardiological first-line assessment through laboratory and radiological tests is needed in order not to delay AM diagnosis.

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Atrial myxomacardioembolic strokeechocardiographyepilepsysyncope

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PMID41114058
PMCPMC12530714

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