Abstract
Cardiac myxomas are extremely rare in the pediatric population; however, if they do develop, they occur most often in the left atrium. We present a 16-year-old male who had a murmur discovered during a routine sport examination. A transthoracic echocardiogram showed a large left atrial tumor that caused severe inflow obstruction to the left ventricle and at least moderate mitral valve regurgitation. Through a minimally invasive, muscle-sparing vertical right axillary thoracotomy, he underwent complete resection of the mass, combined with posterior mitral valve annuloplasty. A histopathological examination confirmed a cardiac myxoma.
Original language | English (US) |
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Journal | Multimedia manual of cardiothoracic surgery : MMCTS / European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery |
Volume | 2021 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Dec 1 2021 |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© The Author 2021. Published by MMCTS on behalf of the European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery. All rights reserved.
Keywords
- Cardiac tumor
- Minimally invasive surgery
- Mitral valve repair
- Myxoma
- Right thoracotomy