Right atrial myxoma with cyanosis due to right-to-left shunting

Can J Cardiol. 1990 Sep;6(7):262-4.

Abstract

Primary cardiac tumours are uncommon entities, and myxoma is the most common, comprising about 50% of all these neoplasms. A case of a 43-year-old woman with right atrial myxoma and a shunt through a patent foramen ovale producing severe cyanosis is reported.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Cyanosis / diagnosis
  • Cyanosis / etiology*
  • Echocardiography
  • Female
  • Heart Neoplasms / complications*
  • Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / complications*
  • Humans
  • Myxoma / complications*