Left atrial myxoma in a child with unique presentation: chest pain

Pediatr Cardiol. 2011 Feb;32(2):230-1. doi: 10.1007/s00246-010-9847-x. Epub 2010 Nov 17.

Abstract

We present a 16-year-old girl who presented with chest pain. Given her obesity and positive family history, she was felt to have atherosclerotic heart disease. However, an echocardiogram showed an atrial myxoma, which prompted surgical excision. This case supports the routine use of echocardiography and widened differential diagnosis when presented with pediatric chest pain.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Chest Pain / diagnosis
  • Chest Pain / diagnostic imaging
  • Chest Pain / etiology*
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Dyspnea
  • Female
  • Heart Atria / diagnostic imaging
  • Heart Atria / pathology*
  • Heart Neoplasms / complications*
  • Heart Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
  • Heart Neoplasms / surgery
  • Humans
  • Myxoma / complications*
  • Myxoma / diagnostic imaging
  • Myxoma / surgery
  • Ultrasonography