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Masquerading myxoma.| 作者: | Raxit Patel, Kathy C Lynn | | 语言: | Eng. | | 日期: | 2009-08-14 | | 学报: | The American journal of the medical sciences
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| | 发行: | Am J Med Sci. 2009 Aug;338(2):161-3 | |
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Myxomas are the most common primary cardiac neoplasms. They are generally benign and most commonly arise from the left atrium. The clinical course of the left atrial myxoma is characterized by symptoms resulting from obstructive, embolic, or "constitutional" effects of the tumor (Goodwin, Lancet. 1963;1:464; Selzer et al, Am J Med. 1972;52:9; Nasser et al, Am Heart J. 1972;83:694). Obstructive symptoms are most common. Generally symptoms of the obstructive presentation are represented by dyspnea, pulmonary edema, or syncope. Embolic ischemic symptom manifestations are typically cerebral, although they could be peripheral (Greenwood, Am Heart J. 1972;83:694). Constitutional symptoms are seen in 50% of patients. Weight loss, low-grade fever, myalgia, arthralgia, and rash are typical nonspecific constitutional manifestations. Here, we describe an unusual clinical presentation of left atrial myxoma in a young boy, which initially was assessed as allergic dermatitis and later as vasculitis.
| | 版权: | The American journal of the medical sciences
Department of Medicine, Medical Center of Central Georgia, Macon, Georgia, USA. raxit365 yahoo.com | | 全文: |  DOI - The American journal of the medical sciences (DOI) | | 科目: | Adolescent, Heart Neoplasms, Humans, Male, Myxoma | | |
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文章从其它专业: 牙科, 婦產科, 耳鼻喉科學, 預防醫學, 兒科, 心臟科, 皮膚科, 颌面外科, 小儿科手术, 法庭和法律医学, 急救醫學, 麻醉學 |
