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Case Reports
. 1992 May;67(5):406-8.
doi: 10.1136/hrt.67.5.406.

Atrial myxoma: tumour or trauma?

J Nolan  1 , P J Carder, P Bloomfield
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Case Reports

Atrial myxoma: tumour or trauma?

J Nolan et al. Br Heart J. 1992 May.

Abstract

A mass lesion developed in the right atrium at the site of a trans-septal puncture after percutaneous balloon dilatation of the mitral valve in a man aged 74. The lesion had the pathological appearance of an atrial myxoma and seemed to have developed after trauma to the intra-atrial septum. This case suggests that at least some atrial myxomas are reactive rather than neoplastic in origin.

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