Calcified Right Atrial Myxoma in an Adolescent

Scott L. Weiss; Hyde M. Russell; Amy Lay; Carl L. Backer

doi:10.1177/2150135111405857

Calcified Right Atrial Myxoma in an Adolescent

Scott L. Weiss
, Hyde M. Russell
, Amy Lay
, Carl L. Backer

Northwestern University

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Abstract

Images are presented of a 14-year-old patient with chest pain discovered to have a calcified mass overlying the cardiac silhouette on lateral chest radiograph. Further imaging led to a diagnosis of a right atrial myxoma, which was surgically excised. While cardiac neoplasms are typically diagnosed with advanced imaging, the tendency for myxomas to calcify may allow for detection on plain radiographs.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	523-525
Number of pages	3
Journal	World Journal for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery
Volume	2
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/2150135111405857
State	Published - Jul 2011
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

atrium
calcification
cardiac tumor
imaging (all modalities)
myxoma
pediatric

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