Recurrent Left Atrial Myxoma in a Young Patient: A Rare Entity

Recurrence of atrial myxoma arising from the site other than inter-atrial septum is quite rare, which is more common in familial than sporadic cases. We here in present a case of 15-year-old young female who presented with recurrence of left atrial (LA) myxoma from unusual site - posterior LA wall a...

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Published in:	Journal of clinical and diagnostic research Vol. 10; no. 8; pp. PD05 - PD07
Main Authors:	Kothari, Jignesh, Lakhia, Ketav, Solanki, Parth, Panchal, Jigar, Shah, Pratik
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	India JCDR Research and Publications (P) Limited 01-08-2016 JCDR Research and Publications Private Limited
Subjects:	cardiac tumour inter-atrial septum sporadic Surgery Section Inter-atrial septum Sporadic Cardiac tumour
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Summary:	Recurrence of atrial myxoma arising from the site other than inter-atrial septum is quite rare, which is more common in familial than sporadic cases. We here in present a case of 15-year-old young female who presented with recurrence of left atrial (LA) myxoma from unusual site - posterior LA wall after 3 years without any constitutional symptoms, which is the hallmark of recurrence. Complete removal of underlying atrial septum with atrial wall for recurrence prevention is the dictum in primary operation for tumour removal.
ISSN:	2249-782X 0973-709X
DOI:	10.7860/JCDR/2016/20425.8321