All issues > Volume 31(2); 1988

Original Article

J Korean Pediatr Soc. 1988;31(2):263-270. Published online February 28, 1988.

A Case of Left Atrial Myxoma in Childhood.

Heu Ran Min¹, Myoung Hee Kook¹, Yong Jong Woo¹, Jae Suk Ma¹, Tai Ju Hwang¹

¹Department of Pediatrics, Chonnam National University, Medical School, Chonnam, Korea

Received: September 17, 1987;

Abstract

Cardiac myxomas are rare in children. Because of their rarity and protean clinical manifestations, diagnosis is difficult but cardiac myxomas recently have generated a great deal of interest because they represent a potentially curable form of serious heart disease which can be diagnosed easily and accurately by echocardiography. We presented a case of left atrial myxoma in a 13-year old girl. The diagnosis was made by echocardiography and cardiac angiography and confirmed by surgical excision and histological examination as a typical myxoma of heart. A review of literature was made briefly.

Keywords :Cardiac myxoma, Children