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Atrial myxoma

Atrial myxoma

Atrial myxoma is the most common primary cardiac tumour.

Overview
  • 75% occur in left atrium, most commonly attached to the fossa ovalis
  • more common in females

Features
  • systemic: dyspnoea, fatigue, weight loss, pyrexia of unknown origin, clubbing
  • emboli
  • atrial fibrillation
  • mid-diastolic murmur, 'tumour plop'
  • echo: pedunculated heterogeneous mass typically attached to the fossa ovalis region of the interatrial septum
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Atrial myxoma is the most common primary cardiac tumour.

Overview
  • 75% occur in left atrium, most commonly attached to the fossa ovalis
  • more common in females
Features
  • systemic: dyspnoea, fatigue, weight loss, pyrexia of unknown origin, clubbing
  • emboli
  • atrial fibrillation
  • mid-diastolic murmur, 'tumour plop'
  • echo: pedunculated heterogeneous mass typically attached to the fossa ovalis region of the interatrial septum


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