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Ultrasound J 2020 May 25;12(1):29. Epub 2020 May 25.

Prehospital and Hospital Emergency Research Center, Department of Emergency Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

Background: Cardiac syncope can result from an atrial myxoma due to outflow obstruction. Myxoma is the most common primary cardiac tumor that may cause sudden death and the nonspecific symptoms may make early diagnosis difficult.

Case Presentation: A 27-year-old man presented to our emergency department after two episodes of syncope and severe fatigue. Read More

Arq Bras Cardiol 2020 Apr 18;114(4 Suppl 1):31-33. Epub 2020 May 18.

Unidad Hospitalaria Fray Antonio Alcalde, Hospital Civil de Guadalajara, Guadalajara, Jalisco, México.

Circ Cardiovasc Imaging 2020 May 6;13(5):e010277. Epub 2020 May 6.

Department of Ultrasound (B.W., H.L., Y.X., L.Z., Y.L., M.X.), Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.

Neuropediatrics 2020 May 5. Epub 2020 May 5.

Paediatric Neurology and Neurophysiology Unit, Department of Women's and Children's Health, University Hospital of Padua, Padova, Italy.

Background:  Cardiac disorders are the second leading cause of pediatric arterial ischemic stroke (AIS). Limited literature is available on pediatric AIS caused by cardiac myxoma, a rare tumor in childhood.

Methods:  We describe a new case of pediatric AIS due to a previously unknown atrial myxoma and we conduct a literature review on children with AIS due to cardiac myxoma. Read More

Biomed Res Int 2020 14;2020:9758302. Epub 2020 Feb 14.

Department of Vascular Surgery, Qilu Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong 250012, China.

Purpose: This study aimed to retrospectively review the diagnosis and surgical treatment of uterine intravenous leiomyomatosis (IVL).

Methods: The clinical data of 14 patients with uterine IVL admitted to our hospital between 2013 and 2018 were retrospectively analyzed, including their demographics, imaging results, surgical procedures, perioperative complications, and follow-up results.

Results: The tumors were confined to the pelvic cavity in 7 patients, 1 into the inferior vena cava, 4 into the right atrium, and 2 into the pulmonary artery (including 1 into the superior vena cava). Read More

Eur Heart J 2020 Apr 24. Epub 2020 Apr 24.

Department of Biology, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, USA.

Eur Heart J 2020 Apr 24. Epub 2020 Apr 24.

Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Molecular and Cellular Cardiology, Magna Graecia University, Viale Europa, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy.

Aims: Cardiac myxomas usually develop in the atria and consist of an acid-mucopolysaccharide-rich myxoid matrix with polygonal stromal cells scattered throughout. These human benign tumours are a valuable research model because of the rarity of cardiac tumours, their clinical presentation and uncertain origin. Here, we assessed whether multipotent cardiac stem/progenitor cells (CSCs) give rise to atrial myxoma tissue. Read More

Saudi J Anaesth 2020 Apr-Jun;14(2):217-220. Epub 2020 Mar 5.

Department of Cardiac Surgery, King Fahd Cardiac Center, College of Medicine, King Saud University Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Persistent left superior vena cava (PLSVC) is a rare and asymptomatic congenital cardiovascular anomaly. Being asymptomatic, PLSVC was usually discovered while performing interventions (such as insertion of central lines, Swan-Ganz catheters, or placing pacemakers) through the left internal jugular vein or left subclavian veins. Commonly, PLSVC is detected not only as an isolated congenital anomaly, but also it can be associated with many other cardiac anomalies. Read More

J Card Surg 2020 May 15;35(5):1148-1151. Epub 2020 Apr 15.

Department of Anaesthesia, National University Hospital, Singapore, Singapore.

Background And Aim: Cardiac sarcoma is a rare condition and may mimic atrial myxoma. We present a case report of a man with a cardiac sarcoma.

Method: Case report presentation. Read More

Int J Clin Exp Pathol 2019;12(3):1115. Epub 2019 Mar 1.

Department of Pathology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University Changsha, Hunan, People's Republic of China.

[This corrects the article on p. 5497 in vol. 11, PMID: 31949636. Read More

Pediatr Pulmonol 2020 Jun 3;55(6):E1-E3. Epub 2020 Apr 3.

Division of Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, University Hospital Muenster, Muenster, Germany.

Cardiac myxomas are rare occurrences in pediatric populations, as are pulmonary artery aneurysms. We report a 17-year-old adolescent with right atrial cardiac myxoma and concomitant multiple peripheral pulmonary artery aneurysms. Histological examination indicated infiltration of the pulmonary artery wall through the embolic cardiac myxoma cells, thereby weakening it. Read More

Neuropathology 2020 Mar 30. Epub 2020 Mar 30.

Department of Pathology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.

Atrial myxomas are the most common primary benign cardiac tumors. The embolization of tumor particles is not infrequent, and in nearly half of them, the cerebral arteries are affected, usually leading to embolic ischemic stroke. Formation of intracranial aneurysms, development of parenchymal brain metastasis, and intracerebral hemorrhage due to ruptured aneurysms are rarer. Read More

Rev Clin Esp 2020 Mar 26. Epub 2020 Mar 26.

Servicio de Radiodiagnóstico, Hospital Universitario de Cabueñes, Gijón, Asturias, España.

J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis 2020 Jun 24;29(6):104796. Epub 2020 Mar 24.

Department of Neurology, Yangpu Hospital Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China. Electronic address:

We administered intravenous thrombolytic therapy to a 51-year-old female patient with a 101-min stroke onset. The patient was unconscious during the manifestation of symptoms. Computed tomography angiography examination of the intracranial artery at the time of admission suggested that the left middle cerebral artery was occluded. Read More

BMC Cardiovasc Disord 2020 Mar 25;20(1):149. Epub 2020 Mar 25.

Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Xiangya Rd 87, Changsha, 410008, China.

Background: Cardiac myxoma (CM) is the most common type of primary cardiac tumors. The prevalence of primary cardiac tumors is 0.0017-0. Read More

BMJ Case Rep 2020 Mar 19;13(3). Epub 2020 Mar 19.

Department of Cardiology, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh, India.

A 37-year-old man was presented in outpatient clinic of cardiology department with symptoms of easy fatigability and progressive increasing generalised anasarca since 5 months. Echocardiogram showed large mass of 9.8×7. Read More

Cureus 2019 Jun 11;11(6):e4884. Epub 2019 Jun 11.

Internal Medicine, Oak Hill Hospital, Brooksville, USA.

Cardiac myxoma is an uncommon diagnosis but presents with common manifestations. There is a wide range of symptomatology from non-specific fever and weight loss to stroke-like symptoms. It is also one of the rare causes of cardiac syncope and thromboembolic events. Read More

J Radiosurg SBRT 2020 ;6(4):329-331

Department of Neurosurgery, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Hongkong.

J Med Case Rep 2020 03 17;14(1):42. Epub 2020 Mar 17.

Maharajgunj Medical Campus, Maharajgunj, Kathmandu, Nepal.

In the publication of this article [1], there is an error in the name of one of the contributing authors. Read More

Surg Clin North Am 2020 Apr 1;100(2):219-236. Epub 2020 Feb 1.

Department of Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery, Lenox Hill Hospital, Northwell Health, 130 East 77th Street, 4th Floor, New York, NY 10075, USA; Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery, Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell, Hempstead, NY, USA; Robotic Cardiac Surgery, Northwell Health, 130 East 77th Street, 4th Floor, New York, NY 10075, USA. Electronic address:

Robotic minimally invasive direct coronary artery bypass is the most common robotic coronary procedure performed worldwide. It can be used to treat isolated left anterior descending (LAD) stenosis or can be coupled with percutaneous coronary intervention to diseased non-LAD targets in patients with multivessel disease. Virtually all types of mitral valve repair can be performed using the robot; valve replacement can also be undertaken. Read More

Tumori 2020 Mar 12:300891620909421. Epub 2020 Mar 12.

Institute of Haematology "L. e A. Seràgnoli," University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy.

Background: B-cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia (B-CLL) is a lymphoproliferative disorder consisting of clonal proliferation and accumulation of small, mature, CD5-positive B-lymphocytes in the blood, bone marrow, and lymphoid tissues. Among extranodal localizations, cardiac involvement is extremely rare: to our knowledge, there are no findings reported in the literature of concomitant B-CLL diagnosis in the context of atrial myxoma (so-called collision tumours) and the best strategy to treat these malignancies is unclear.

Case Report: We report the case of a 67-year-old woman diagnosed with B-CLL and atrial myxoma. Read More

J Cardiol Cases 2020 Mar 16;21(3):89-92. Epub 2019 Nov 16.

Black Country Pathology Services, New Cross Hospital, Wolverhampton, UK.

A 31-year-old female with a history of polycystic ovary syndrome and two recent miscarriages presented with symptoms of a transient ischemic attack. Echocardiography to assess for possible embolic source identified a 4.8 cm left atrial mass, presumed to be an atrial myxoma. Read More

BMC Cardiovasc Disord 2020 Mar 5;20(1):119. Epub 2020 Mar 5.

University of Central Florida College of Medicine, Graduate Medical Education, Orlando, FL, 32827, USA.

Background: A cardiac myxoma in a young person may pose a diagnostic challenge as symptoms may be variable and the differential diagnosis is wide. The differential diagnosis can include rheumatic mitral valve disease, pulmonary hypertension, endocarditis, myocarditis and vasculitis.

Case Presentation: This case report involves a 49 years old female with a 2. Read More

Oxf Med Case Reports 2020 Feb 28;2020(2):omaa012. Epub 2020 Feb 28.

Third Department of Internal Medicine, Evaggelismos General Hospital, Athens, Greece.

Diffuse thickening, a layered appearance of the gallbladder wall and the accumulation of surrounding fluid are considered as sensitive and relatively specific imaging findings of gallbladder inflammation. In the absence of gallstones, the diagnosis of acalculous cholecystitis can be further supported by the presence of fever, epigastric pain, right upper abdominal quadrant (RUQ) tenderness on inspiration and elevated markers of inflammation. In this report, we describe a 35-year-old schoolteacher who presented with all of the above clinical, laboratory and imaging findings that were eventually attributed to gallbladder oedema and liver congestion (abdominal imaging and RUQ tenderness) caused by an atrial myxoma interfering, with the atrioventricular circulation of the right heart and causing constitutional manifestations (fever and elevated markers of inflammation). Read More

Cureus 2020 Jan 19;12(1):e6704. Epub 2020 Jan 19.

Internal Medicine, University of Central Florida College of Medicine, Ocala, USA.

Despite the huge improvement in cardiovascular care over the past several decades and the decline in cardiovascular deaths, sudden cardiac death (SCD) continues to present a nationwide health problem accounting to more than half of all deaths from cardiovascular disease. Majority of these cases are related to coronary artery disease and arrhythmias, however, a very small number of these cases are secondary to cardiac neoplasms. These neoplasms commonly present with conduction abnormalities or symptoms secondary to valvular disease such as dyspnea, orthopnea, cough and/or edema. Read More

Pathology 2020 Apr 24;52(3):379-382. Epub 2020 Feb 24.

Department of Haematology, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Perth, WA, Australia; Department of Haematology, PathWest Laboratory Medicine, Nedlands, WA, Australia; Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA, Australia. Electronic address:

CASE (Phila) 2020 Feb 6;4(1):33-38. Epub 2019 Dec 6.

Saint Francis Hospital, Tulsa, Oklahoma.

CASE (Phila) 2020 Feb 25;4(1):28-32. Epub 2019 Nov 25.

Department of Surgical Sciences, Cardiothoracic Surgery and Anesthesia, Uppsala University Hospital, Uppsala, Sweden.

Circ Cardiovasc Imaging 2020 Mar 26;13(3):e010004. Epub 2020 Feb 26.

Department of Cardiology, Franciscus Gasthuis & Vlietland, Rotterdam, the Netherlands (S.W.K., S.M.S., B.M.v.D.).

J Neurol Surg Rep 2020 Jan 11;81(1):e1-e6. Epub 2020 Feb 11.

Department of Neurosurgery, Baptist Health South Florida, Miami, Florida, United States.

 Cardiac myxomas, the most common primary cardiac tumors, are generally benign neoplasms. Primary cardiac lymphoma is a rare cardiac malignancy with a very poor prognosis. Here we present a case of a cardiac myxoma with cerebral metastases and chronic lymphocytic leukemia/small lymphocytic lymphoma (CLL/SLL) arising within the cerebral metastases. Read More

J Med Case Rep 2020 Feb 13;14(1):29. Epub 2020 Feb 13.

Maharajgunj Medical Campus, Maharajgunj, Kathmandu, Nepal.

Background: Atrial myxoma remains a rare clinical entity with an incidence of surgically resected cases of 0.5-0.7 per million population and prevalence of < 5 per 10,000. Read More

J Clin Rheumatol 2020 Feb 5. Epub 2020 Feb 5.

Department of Internal Medicine, General Hospital "Dr. Manuel Gea González," Mexico City, Mexico, Department of Rheumatology, General Hospital "Dr. Manuel Gea González," Mexico City, Mexico Department of Internal Medicine, General Hospital "Dr. Manuel Gea González," Mexico City, Mexico Department of Radiology, General Hospital "Dr. Manuel Gea González," Mexico City, Mexico Department of Internal Medicine, General Hospital "Dr. Manuel Gea González," Mexico City, Mexico.

J Assoc Physicians India 2020 Jan;68(1):56

Subharti Medical College.

Cardiol J 2019 ;26(6):806-807

Department of Heart Diseases, The Medial Centre of Postgraduate Education, Warsaw, Poland.

Case Rep Anesthesiol 2019 12;2019:4181502. Epub 2019 Dec 12.

Department of Anesthesiology, University Hospital Saint-Pierre, Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Brussels, Belgium.

We report the case of a semi-urgent cardiac surgery, in a 19 gestation age pregnant. Despite the fact that the patient was asymptomatic, except for some palpitations, a large left auricle (LA) myxoma was fortuitously diagnosed with transthoracic echocardiography (TEE). Considering the important embolic risk, the tumor was successfully removed during cardiac surgery under cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB). Read More

Heart Surg Forum 2019 10 24;22(6):E445-E447. Epub 2019 Oct 24.

Department of Cardiac Surgery, Chest Diseases Hospital, Kuwait.

Antiphospholipid syndrome is characterized by recurrent spontaneous abortion, recurrent arterial/venous thrombosis, and thrombocytopenia. The presentation of an atrial mass mimicking a myxoma in this syndrome is exceedingly rare, leading to misdiagnosing of the condition and further risking recurrence due to lack of anticoagulation. In this report, we present such a case that was mistakenly thought to be a myxoma. Read More

Eur J Case Rep Intern Med 2019 10;6(12):001283. Epub 2019 Dec 10.

Fédération de Médecine Gériatrie Thérapeutique, Rouen, France.

Iatrogenic antineutrophil cytoplasm antibody (ANCA)-associated vasculitis (AAV) is not exceptional. Many cases of small vessel vasculitis induced by anti-thyroid drugs (ATD), mainly propylthiouracil (PTU), have been reported. We present a case of AAV related to another ATD: benzylthiouracil (BTU) and review the literature. Read More

J Med Case Rep 2019 Dec 25;13(1):389. Epub 2019 Dec 25.

Departments of Pathology, Yale University School of Medicine, 310 Cedar Street, P.O. Box 208023, New Haven, CT, 06520-8023, USA.

Background: Atrial myxomas are generally considered benign neoplasms. The majority of tumors are sporadic and less than 10% are associated with an autosomal dominant condition known as the Carney complex, which is most often caused by germline mutation in the gene PRKAR1A. Whether this gene plays a role in the development of sporadic myxomas has been an area of debate, although recent studies have suggested that some fraction of sporadic tumors also carry mutations in PRKARIA. Read More

J Card Surg 2020 Feb 24;35(2):507-510. Epub 2019 Dec 24.

Division of Cardiology, Jackson Memorial Hospital, Miami, Florida.

Background: Cardiac myxoma is the most common type of primary cardiac tumors. It is known that inflammatory markers are increased in the setting of myxoma, like C-reactive protein, erythrocyte sedimentation rate, and interleukin-6. The association between cardiac myxoma and abnormal blood cell counts has been scarcely reported. Read More

Am J Case Rep 2019 Dec 24;20:1930-1935. Epub 2019 Dec 24.

Harrington Heart and Vascular Institute, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Cleveland, OH, USA.

BACKGROUND Although left atrial myxoma is the most common benign primary cardiac tumor, infected atrial myxoma is rare. This report presents a case of infected left atrial myxoma with embolization to the left anterior descending (LAD) coronary artery, which was identified following an initial presentation with ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). CASE REPORT A 34-year-old man with a history of smoking tobacco and intravenous cocaine use presented to the emergency room with symptoms of a feeling of pressure on the chest and symptoms in the left arm. Read More

Cardiovasc Pathol 2020 Mar - Apr;45:107183. Epub 2019 Nov 26.

Department of Pathology, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH, USA. Electronic address:

Cardiac myxoma is the most frequently encountered primary neoplasm of the heart; however, other tumefactive lesions can share similar radiologic features. We present briefly the case of a 69-year-old man incidentally found to have a mobile right atrial mass that based on initial radiologic findings was considered to represent a myxoma. After pathologic examination, the lesion was determined instead to be a cardiac varix: an endocardial, blood filled cystic space lined by endothelium and considered to represent a dilated vein. Read More

Medicine (Baltimore) 2019 Dec;98(51):e18386

Department of Respiratory Diseases.

Rationale: Pulmonary embolisms (PEs) are caused by emboli, which mostly originate from deep venous thrombi that travel to and suddenly block the pulmonary arteries. The emboli are usually thrombi, and right atrial myxoma emboli are rare.

Patient Concerns: A 55-year-old man presented with shortness of breath and syncope. Read More

J Card Surg 2020 Feb 19;35(2):511-513. Epub 2019 Dec 19.

Department of Cardiac Surgery, Allianz Herzchirurgie Zurich, Triemli Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland.

Myxomas are the most common cardiac tumors, benign, and usually located in the left atrium. Typically echocardiography reveals a solid tumor, whereas cystic myxomas are rare with only a few cases documented in the literature. We describe the case of a 63-year-old, female patient with an unusual presentation of a left atrial myxoma as a cystic tumor. Read More

Case Rep Cardiol 2019 11;2019:5610213. Epub 2019 Nov 11.

Department of Internal Medicine, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, UCONN Health, Farmington, CT, USA.

Myxomas are benign, primary tumors of the heart. Atrial myxomas can present with a variety of clinical features including dyspnea, orthopnea, pulmonary edema, and pulmonary or systemic emboli. Constitutional symptoms such as fever and weight loss may also be present. Read More

J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth 2020 Feb 5;34(2):530-536. Epub 2019 Nov 5.

Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative Care, and Pain Medicine, NYU Langone Health, New York, NY.

J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth 2020 Jun 18;34(6):1577-1581. Epub 2019 Nov 18.

Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery National Heart Center, Royal Hospital, Muscat, Oman.

J Cardiovasc Imaging 2020 Jan 30;28(1):63-66. Epub 2019 Sep 30.

Cardiology Department, Centro Hospitalar Universitário do Porto, Porto, Portugal.

Front Pharmacol 2019 8;10:1342. Epub 2019 Nov 8.

Department of Pharmacy, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Soochow University, Suzhou, China.

Cefoperazone/sulbactam is a broad-spectrum antibacterial agent. Drug-induced immune hemolytic anemia is a rare but serious condition, and reactive thrombocytosis is caused by processes extrinsic to the megakaryocyte. Limited data are available for cefoperazone/sulbactam-associated hemolytic anemia and reactive thrombocytosis. Read More

J Card Surg 2020 Feb 3;35(2):422-424. Epub 2019 Dec 3.

Department of Cardiology, Kosuyolu Kartal Heart Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.

Cardiac myxomas (CM) is by far the most common type of primary cardiac neoplasm that commonly arise within the left atria and is composed of primitive connective tissue cells and stroma. Despite the benign nature, the CMs are often surgically removed because they can lead to severe complications. Large, thin, and hypermobile forms are unusual. Read More