<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Although cardiac tumours are uncommon, cardiac myxomas account for more than fifty percent of all cases and are the most frequent primary cardiac tumour. They have a broad clinical spectrum, usually related to cardiac symptoms, peripheral embolic events or systemic manifestations. We present a case report of a 68-year-old man who presented with systemic symptoms and analytical features suggestive of an autoimmune disease. In the ensuing diagnostic procedures, a cardiac myxoma was found, and after surgical resection, both the systemic manifestations and the analytical abnormalities disappeared.</p></abstract>

Although cardiac tumours are uncommon, cardiac myxomas account for more than fifty percent of all cases and are the most frequent primary cardiac tumour. They have a broad clinical spectrum, usually related to cardiac symptoms, peripheral embolic events or systemic manifestations. We present a case report of a 68-year-old man who presented with systemic symptoms and analytical features suggestive of an autoimmune disease. In the ensuing diagnostic procedures, a cardiac myxoma was found, and after surgical resection, both the systemic manifestations and the analytical abnormalities disappeared.

Incidental Finding of a Left Atrial Myxoma while Characterising an Autoimmune Disease

The Journal of Critical Care Medicine

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Although cardiac tumours are uncommon, cardiac myxomas account for more than fifty percent of all cases and are the most frequent primary cardiac tumour. They...

Incidental Finding of a Left Atrial Myxoma while Characterising an Autoimmune Disease

Published Online: May 25, 2018

Page range: 64 - 67

Received: Mar 05, 2018

Accepted: Apr 26, 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jccm-2018-0009

Keywords
left atrial myxoma, cardiac benign tumor, constitutional symptoms

© 2018 Rafael Garcia-Carretero, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Incidental Finding of a Left Atrial Myxoma while Characterising an Autoimmune Disease

Published Online: May 25, 2018

Page range: 64 - 67

Received: Mar 05, 2018

Accepted: Apr 26, 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jccm-2018-0009

Keywordsleft atrial myxoma, cardiac benign tumor, constitutional symptoms

© 2018 Rafael Garcia-Carretero, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
left atrial myxoma, cardiac benign tumor, constitutional symptoms