Left Atrial Myxoma in a Child with Unique Presentation: Chest Pain
- نوع فایل : کتاب
- زبان : انگلیسی
- مؤلف : Tsuyoshi Kaneko • Jon-Cecil Walkes • Felix W. Tsai
- چاپ و سال / کشور: 2011
Description
We present a 16-year-old girl who presented with chest pain. Given her obesity and positive family history, she was felt to have atherosclerotic heart disease. However, an echocardiogram showed an atrial myxoma, which prompted surgical excision. This case supports the routine use of echocardiography and widened differential diagnosis when presented with pediatric chest pain.
Pediatr Cardiol (2011) 32:230–231 DOI 10.1007/s00246-010-9847-x Received: 18 October 2010 / Accepted: 2 November 2010 / Published online: 17 November 2010
