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A Case of Dyspnea in a Patient with a Previous Coronavirus Disease Infection: Pulmonary is not always the Cause
Myxoma is the most common benign primary tumor of the heart. Diagnosis of cardiac myxoma is difficult as it presents itself with varying nonspecific symptoms, and an echocardiography can easily diagnose it. Sometimes, it can cause cardiac syncope and thromboembolic events. A woman with a recent infe...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9164914/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35669132 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jcecho.jcecho_39_21 |
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author | Tripodi, Vincenzo Francesco Bellieni, Luca Scigliano, Fabio Rossi, Michele Fratto, Pasquale Benedetto, Frank Antonio Mazzeo, AnnaTeresa |
author_facet | Tripodi, Vincenzo Francesco Bellieni, Luca Scigliano, Fabio Rossi, Michele Fratto, Pasquale Benedetto, Frank Antonio Mazzeo, AnnaTeresa |
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description | Myxoma is the most common benign primary tumor of the heart. Diagnosis of cardiac myxoma is difficult as it presents itself with varying nonspecific symptoms, and an echocardiography can easily diagnose it. Sometimes, it can cause cardiac syncope and thromboembolic events. A woman with a recent infection by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 was admitted to our hospital with respiratory symptoms: dyspnea and tachypnea; cardiac symptoms: atrial fibrillation; and neurological symptoms: syncope. Initially, she performed brain computed tomography (CT) and CT angiography value. Transthoracic echocardiogram and transesophageal echocardiogram showed an atrial mobile mass. Chest X-ray did not show any interstitial lesions. Therefore, urgent cardiac surgery was performed to remove the mass. The histological examination confirmed the presence of a cardiac myxoma. Our experience could show the importance of early diagnosis and prompt surgical treatment to prevent stroke. |
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spelling | pubmed-91649142022-06-05 A Case of Dyspnea in a Patient with a Previous Coronavirus Disease Infection: Pulmonary is not always the Cause Tripodi, Vincenzo Francesco Bellieni, Luca Scigliano, Fabio Rossi, Michele Fratto, Pasquale Benedetto, Frank Antonio Mazzeo, AnnaTeresa J Cardiovasc Echogr Case Report Myxoma is the most common benign primary tumor of the heart. Diagnosis of cardiac myxoma is difficult as it presents itself with varying nonspecific symptoms, and an echocardiography can easily diagnose it. Sometimes, it can cause cardiac syncope and thromboembolic events. A woman with a recent infection by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 was admitted to our hospital with respiratory symptoms: dyspnea and tachypnea; cardiac symptoms: atrial fibrillation; and neurological symptoms: syncope. Initially, she performed brain computed tomography (CT) and CT angiography value. Transthoracic echocardiogram and transesophageal echocardiogram showed an atrial mobile mass. Chest X-ray did not show any interstitial lesions. Therefore, urgent cardiac surgery was performed to remove the mass. The histological examination confirmed the presence of a cardiac myxoma. Our experience could show the importance of early diagnosis and prompt surgical treatment to prevent stroke. Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2022 2022-04-20 /pmc/articles/PMC9164914/ /pubmed/35669132 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jcecho.jcecho_39_21 Text en Copyright: © 2022 Journal of Cardiovascular Echography https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/This is an open access journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms. |
spellingShingle | Case Report Tripodi, Vincenzo Francesco Bellieni, Luca Scigliano, Fabio Rossi, Michele Fratto, Pasquale Benedetto, Frank Antonio Mazzeo, AnnaTeresa A Case of Dyspnea in a Patient with a Previous Coronavirus Disease Infection: Pulmonary is not always the Cause |
title | A Case of Dyspnea in a Patient with a Previous Coronavirus Disease Infection: Pulmonary is not always the Cause |
title_full | A Case of Dyspnea in a Patient with a Previous Coronavirus Disease Infection: Pulmonary is not always the Cause |
title_fullStr | A Case of Dyspnea in a Patient with a Previous Coronavirus Disease Infection: Pulmonary is not always the Cause |
title_full_unstemmed | A Case of Dyspnea in a Patient with a Previous Coronavirus Disease Infection: Pulmonary is not always the Cause |
title_short | A Case of Dyspnea in a Patient with a Previous Coronavirus Disease Infection: Pulmonary is not always the Cause |
title_sort | case of dyspnea in a patient with a previous coronavirus disease infection: pulmonary is not always the cause |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9164914/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35669132 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jcecho.jcecho_39_21 |
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