Surgical management of a giant right atrial myxoma.

J Surg Case Rep

Cardiovascular Centre, St Thomas' Hospital, Westminster Bridge Road, London, UK.

Published: October 2018

Cardiac tumours represent around 0.2% of tumours overall, and primary cardiac tumours are even more uncommon. We report the case of a 72-year-old female with a 7 cm × 4 cm right atrial mass which was prolapsing through the tricuspid valve. The mass was resected and histological analysis confirmed a myxoma. This report describes a rare finding of a giant right atrial mxyoma and subsequent surgical management.

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