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Case Reports
. 2022 May 17;2022(5):rjac182.
doi: 10.1093/jscr/rjac182. eCollection 2022 May.

Excision of large right atrial myxoma through a right mini thoracotomy

Soichiro Henmi  1 , Andrea Salica  1 , Raffaele Scaffa  1 , Salvatore D'Aleo  1 , Lorenzo Guerrieri Wolf  1 , Ruggero De Paulis  1
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Case Reports

Excision of large right atrial myxoma through a right mini thoracotomy

Soichiro Henmi et al. J Surg Case Rep. .

Abstract

Cardiac myxoma is the most common primary benign cardiac tumor in adults and right atrial myxoma is a rare observation. We report a case of a 56-year-old woman who presented with dyspnea and diagnosed with a right atrial myxoma. Urgent operation through a right mini thoracotomy was done and myxoma was completely excised. Traditionally, median sternotomy with cardiopulmonary bypass is used for excision of cardiac myxoma. Excision through a mini thoracotomy for patients with right atrial myxoma appear to be safe, feasible and efficacious.

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Figure 1
Preoperative transesophageal cardiac echocardiography.
Figure 2
Figure 2
Intraoperative picture. (A) Large right atrial myxoma. (B) Traction suture at myxoma. (C) Resection the stalk of myxoma.
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