Atrial Myxoma Flashcards
1
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Atrial Myxoma: Define
A
Most common primary cardiac tumour
75% in left atrium
Most attached to fossa ovalis
More common in females
2
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Atrial Myxoma: More common in…
A
Females
3
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Atrial Myxoma: Features
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Systemic features: dyspnoea, fatigue, weight loss, pyrexia of unknown origin, clubbing emboli
Atrial Fibrillation
Mid-diastolic murmur = tumour plop
ECHO - pedunculated heterogeneous mass typically attached to the fossa ovalis region of the interatrial septum.
