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Case Reports
. 2022 Aug 31:11:986.
doi: 10.12688/f1000research.124159.1. eCollection 2022.

Case Report: Left atrial myxoma with confirmed Delta variant COVID-19 infection, "to treat or withhold"

Sally Aman Nasution #  1 , Eric Daniel Tenda #  2 , Eka Ginanjar  1 , Nuri Dyah Indrasari  3 , Ariel Pradipta  4 , Mira Yulianti  2 , Muhadi Muhadi  1 , Anindya Pradipta Susanto  4 , Muhammad Arza Putra  5 , Moses Mazmur Asaf  2 , Ceva Wicaksono Pitoyo  2 , Imam Subekti  6 , Ari Fahrial Syam  7 , Lies Dina Liastuti  8
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Case Report: Left atrial myxoma with confirmed Delta variant COVID-19 infection, "to treat or withhold"

Sally Aman Nasution et al. F1000Res. .

Abstract

Primary cardiac tumors (PCTs) are extremely rare entities. More than half of PCTs are benign, with myxoma being the most common tumor. Generally, simple tumor resection is the treatment of choice for benign PCTs since it has promising results that yield low complication and recurrence rates. However, in the COVID-19 pandemic era, the mitigation protocols and/or concurrent COVID-19 infection should be taken into account in patient management for the best overall outcome. To our knowledge, this is the first case report of a patient with a left atrial myxoma and systemic embolism complication in the form of an ischemic stroke, with a concurrent confirmed COVID-19 delta variant infection.

Keywords: COVID-19; delta variant; myxoma; primary cardiac tumors.

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Figure 1.
Figure 1.. The patient's chest x-ray in the upright position.
Figure 2.
Figure 2.. The patient's initial electrocardiogram in the ER.
Figure 3.
Figure 3.. Two-dimensional transthoracic echocardiogram of the left atrial mass.
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