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Left atrial appendage mass: is it always a thrombus?
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
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| Author | Sahratov, Hikmet Guler, Adem Kurkluoglu, Mustafa Yesil, Fahri Gurkan Tavlaşoğlu, Murat Cingoz, Faruk |
| Copyright Year | 2016 |
| Abstract | Myxoma is the most common benign tumor of the heart, but it is very rare for it to originate from the left atrial appendage. Distinguishing between a mass, a thrombus, and a tumor in the body of the left atrium with preoperative transthoracic or transesophageal echocardiography is very difficult, even more so in patients with mitral valve disease and chronic atrial fibrillation. A 50-year-old male patient was admitted for surgery with the diagnosis of mitral stenosis and chronic atrial fibrillation. Transesophageal echocardiography demonstrated a mass attached to the wall of the left atrial appendage. Histopathological examination of the mass showed an image compatible with a myxoma. We hereby describe a case of a left atrial appendage myxoma mimicking a left atrial appendage thrombus. |
| Starting Page | 359 |
| Ending Page | 360 |
| Page Count | 2 |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/oa_pdf/26/76/KITP-13-29008.PMC5233768.pdf |
| PubMed reference number | 5233768 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://doi.org/10.5114/kitp.2016.64881 |
| DOI | 10.5114/kitp.2016.64881 |
| Journal | Kardiochirurgia i torakochirurgia polska = Polish journal of cardio-thoracic surgery |
| Volume Number | 13 |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | 2D Doppler Echocardiography Chronic atrial fibrillation Diseases of mitral valve Echocardiography, Transesophageal Heart Atrium Heart Neoplasm Left Atrial Appendage Left atrial structure Mitral Valve Stenosis Myxoma Neoplasms Patients Structure of auricular appendage Thrombosis benign neoplasm of heart |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
