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Right atrial myxoma in an infant
I Paşaoğlu1, M Demircin, S Ozkutlu
1Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey.
Japanese Heart Journal
|March 1, 1991
Abstract:
Cardiac myxomas are extremely rare in infancy. We report a case of right atrial myxoma in a 35-day-old male infant (with cyanosis and convulsions). Echocardiography was carried out and a diagnosis of right atrial myxoma was made. Open heart surgery was performed using cardiopulmonary bypass and a 2.5 X 3.0 cm mass was removed. The patient's postoperative course was uneventful. To our knowledge there is no previously reported case of right atrial myxoma in such a young infant which was operated on successfully.