Biomedical Letters

Peri-Operational Hemodynamic Changes of Left Atrial Myxoma: A Case Report

Fomukong Tasinda Raphael, Liu Zhi Yong*, He Wei, Hu Ruo Yu, Fang Lei, Abdoulaye Idriss Ali

Department of cardiothoracic surgery, the Southeast University Affiliated Zhong Da Hospital, No. 87 Dingjiaqiao, Nanjing 210009, Jiangsu Province, China

Abstract

Atrial myxomas are benign tumors that be found in the left and right atrium of the heart and mostly attached to the atrial septum and rarely found in the ventricles. Prompt diagnosis maybe challenging. Diagnosis might fail on auscultation, echocardiography should be considered. We are reporting a case of a female of Asian origin, 46 years of age with a huge neoplasm presumably atrial myxoma in the left atrium that was previously misdiagnosed as interstitial pneumonia.

Keywords: Neoplasm, atrial myxoma, prompt diagnosis, interstitial pneumonia.

Received September 01, 2016 Revised October 24, 2016 Accepted October 29, 2016

*Correspondence: Liu Zhi Yong Email zyliu3@seu.edu.cn Contact: +86 13705185166