Calcified left atrial myxoma with osseous metaplasia.

Indian J Chest Dis Allied Sci

Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, CSM Medical University, Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh), India.

Published: October 2012

An intracardiac myxoma is the most common tumour of the heart with an estimated incidence of 0.5 per million population per year. Extensive calcification is rare in these tumours. We describe a rare case of a large left atrial myxoma, visible on the chest radiograph, with extensive calcification and osseous metaplasia.

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