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European Heart Journal 1980 1(6):453-459;
Copyright © 1980 by the European Society of Cardiology.
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© 1980 The European Society of Cardiology

Right atrial myxoma in an asymptomatic child. Echocardiographic diagnosis

R. ROUDAUT, B. POUGET, P. VIDEAU, J. CLEMENTY, A. CHOUSSAT, E. BAUDET and M. DALLOCCHIO

Hospital Cardiologique du Haut-Lèvêque, Centre Hospitalier et Universitaire de Bordeaux Avenue de Magellan, 33604 Bordeaux Pessac, France

Received 4 August 1980; .

Requests for reprints to: Prof. M. Dallocchio, Hôpital Cardiologique du Haut-Levêque, Centre Hospitalier et Universitaire de Bordeaux, Avenue de Magellan, 33604 Bordeaux Pessac, France.

Tumours of the heart in children are rare, particularly myxomas. A case of right atrial myxoma is described in an asymptomatic young boy aged seven years. The diagnosis was made by M-Mode echocardiography which was recorded because of a cardiac murmur. Two-dimensional echocardiography confirmed the diagnosis and gave further information (size, morphology of tumour and stalk) which was confirmed by pathological examination. Today, two-dimensional echocardiography is of great value for visualizing tumours of the right side of the heart, and offers the possibility of referring patients for surgical excision without cardiac catheterization.

Key Words: Right atrial myxoma • cardiac tumour in childhood • M-Mode echocardiography • two-dimensional echocardiography


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