Large Left Atrial Myxoma in an Oligosymptomatic Young Woman

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Lazaros, George [1 ]
Masoura, Constantina [1 ]
Brili, Stella [1 ]
Stavropoulos, George [2 ]
Kafiri, Georgia [3 ]
Stefanadis, Christodoulos [1 ]
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[1] Univ Athens, Sch Med, Dept Cardiol 1, GR-11527 Athens, Greece
[2] Hippokrateion Hosp, Dept Cardiac Surg 2, Athens, Greece
[3] Hippokrateion Hosp, Dept Pathol, Athens, Greece
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Myxoma; primary tumors; cardiac tumors; symptoms; CARDIAC MYXOMAS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSIS; FEATURES;
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R5 [内科学];
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1002 ; 100201 ;
摘要
We present the case of a young female with a large sporadic left atrial myxoma. Interestingly, despite the tumor's large size, this patient had only mild exertional dyspnea without any embolic events or constitutional symptoms.
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