| Autor: |
Vale Mde P; Hospital Luxemburgo (Fundação Mario Pena), Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil. marcos.vale@terra.com.br, Freire Sobrinho A, Sales MV, Teixeira MM, Cabral KC |
| Jazyk: |
English; Portuguese |
| Zdroj: |
Revista brasileira de cirurgia cardiovascular : orgao oficial da Sociedade Brasileira de Cirurgia Cardiovascular [Rev Bras Cir Cardiovasc] 2008 Apr-Jun; Vol. 23 (2), pp. 276-8. |
| DOI: |
10.1590/s0102-76382008000200020 |
| Abstrakt: |
In this study is reported the case of a 63-year-old-woman with history of dyspnea, palpitations, and precordial pain who underwent cardiologic evaluation. The physical examination did not reveal abnormalities. The echocardiogram showed great mass in the left atrium, suggesting myxoma which was confirmed by tomography and catheterization. The patient underwent surgical treatment with a good postoperative evolution. The diagnosis of myxoma was confirmed by histopathologic study. In this study is included a bibliographic review and a comment emphasizing the diagnostic difficulty based on signs and symptoms, as well as the details about the development of bilateral pleural effusion possibly related to the myxoma. |
| Databáze: |
MEDLINE |
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