• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• v.12 no.1
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• pp.23-29
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• 1979

Hyuk An, M.D.Atrial myxoma constitutes the most significant of all cardiac neoplasm. About 75% occur in the left atrium and 25% in the right. They may cause severe and progressive disease mimicking valvular heart disease. But recently attention to differential point in the clinical features along with various diagnostic techniques have allowed pre-operative diagnosis in the most cases. From April, `77 to Aug., `78, three cases of left atrial myxoma and one case of right atrial myxoma were operated in Seoul National University Hospital. Pre-operative diagnosis was established with echocardiography and cardiac angiography. In all cases, tumors were resected with cardiopulmonary bypass successfully, and discharged with good results.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• v.31 no.8
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• pp.816-819
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• 1998

Myxomas are the most common form of intracardiac tumors and are found primarily in the left atrium. In rare cases, Carney and associates have described a syndrome called "the complex of myxoma" consisting of cardiac myxoma, which characteristically is familial, in assocation with two or more of the follow conditions: myxomatous masses (cardiac myxoma, cutaneous myxosma, and mammary myxoid fibroademoma), spotty pigmented lesions of the skin, and endocrine disorders. We report a case of familial atrial myxoma with Carney's complex in a 19-year old woman who has spotty pigmentations on her face, and left atrial myxomas, and myxoma on the right nipple. Her mother and sister share the left atrial myxoma. The myxomas originated in the septum of the left atrium and the anterior leaflet of the mitral valve were successfully excised. In conclusion, family members of affected patients should be screened periodically with echocardiography in an attempt to identify asymptomatic cardiac myxomas. Complete excision and postoperative follow up are necessary to rule out the muticentricity and high rate of recurrent lesions.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• v.56 no.2
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• pp.136-139
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• 2023

Although cardiac myxoma is one of the most common types of benign cardiac tumors, infected cardiac myxoma is very infrequent. The diagnosis of infected cardiac myxoma may be challenging because the presenting symptoms are non-specific and established management guidelines are lacking. This report describes a 39-year-old woman with a 5-month history of uncontrolled fever, chills, and myalgia who was diagnosed with myxoma and underwent mass excision. Although blood and urine cultures were negative for growing bacteria, a pathologic examination showed that the excised mass was a left atrial myxoma, with pan-bacterial polymerase chain reaction (PCR) of the surgical specimen revealing Haemophilus parainfluenzae at 99.87%, resulting in a diagnosis of infected cardiac myxoma. Laboratory tests, such as PCR, may supplement culture results in the diagnosis of infected cardiac myxoma.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• v.15 no.1
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• pp.98-106
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• 1982

Cardiac Myxoma is a most frequent benign tumor in primary cardiac tumors. About 75% occur in the left atrium & 20% in the right atrium, ventricular Myxoma is a very rare one among the cardiac myxoma. They may cause severe and progressive disease resembling valvular heart disease. With the advent of various diagnostic modalities, especially real time bidimensional echocardiography enabled us more accurate diagnosis of cardiac myxoma noninvasively and preoperatively. From April 1977 to Sept. 1981, 16 cases of cardiac myxomas were operated in Seoul National University Hospital using cardiopulmonary bypass. There were 13 cases of left atrial myxomas and each of a case was right atrial and right ventricular and left ventricular one. In all cases tumors were resected successfully & were discharged in healthy state. Follow up results of each patient was excellent.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• v.2 no.1
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• pp.73-76
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• 1969

It is well known that the atrial myxoma is the most common intracardiac tumor which is hardly able to be diagnosed preoperatively and is completely curable if surgical treatment is appropriate. A case of the atrial myxoma, which was misdiagnosed as mitral valvular disease preoperatively and was successfully removed with the aid of the cardiopulmonary bypass, was reported. The common symptoms,signs,diagnostic measures and treatments of the intracardiac tumor were discussed with the review of literatures.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• v.25 no.9
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• pp.930-935
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• 1992

Cardiac myxoma is the most common benign tumor of the heart, accounting for about half of primary cardiac tumors. It has clinical importance because the excision of the intracardiac myxoma is curative and long term survival is excellant, Their average size is about 5~6cm in diameter in most reported cases. We have experienced a giant atrial myxoma, arised from the interatrial septum of the left atrial side, and resected under the cardiopulmonary bypass.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• v.28 no.2
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• pp.131-135
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• 1995

Fifteen patients[10 female and 5 male from 13 to 73 years of age[mean age 46 years underwent excision of atrial myxomas between 1981 and 1993 at the Chonnam University Hospital. Fourteen patients presented with exertional or resting dyspnea, six with palpitation, five with systemic embolization, and three with syncope. Symptoms were present from 1 week to 14 months before operation. Fourteen tumors originated from the atrial septum of left atrium and one of bilateral atrium. All tumors were pedunculated; tumor sizes were variable from 2x1x1cm to 7x6x5cm. No ventricular tumors identified. The myxomas were successfully removed in all patients, either by shaving them from the atrial septum[n=7 or excising a portion of normal atrial septum with the tumor and ASD patch closure[n=8 . There was no perioperative or late death in our experience. Follow-up is current and complete in all cases[range 6 months to 13 years . Thirteen patients are in New York Heart Association Class I, and the remaining two patients are in Class II. One recurrent left atrial myxoma was identified at 20 months after operation. In this series, excellent results were obtained by simple excision of the tumor, with or without a margin of normal atrial septum. Long-term clinical & echocardiographic follow-up is recommended since late recurrence, although rare, has been reported.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• v.16 no.4
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• pp.485-491
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• 1983

From July 1966 to July 1983, sixteen atrial myxomas in fifteen patients were seen at Severance Hospital. Fifteen of the sixteen myxomas were located in the left atrium and one in the right atrium. All the cases except three were correctly diagnosed preoperatively. Presently, M-mode and two-dimensional echocardiography are utilized as safe, reliable, and noninvasive imaging modalities. Echocardiography provided an accurate diagnosis in twelve cases since November 1977. In all cases, myxoma were excised successfully. On patient had reoperation and mitral valve replacement on postoperative first day due to persist mitral regurgitation after excision of left atrial myxoma. One patient had recurrence requiring reoperation 37 months after primary operation. Follow up results of each patient were excellent.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• v.20 no.4
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• pp.809-814
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• 1987

Myxoma is a benign growth constituting nearly 50% of all primary cardiac tumors. It is important because in can be abolished by surgical therapy and is usually fatal if unrecognized and untreated. Primary cardiac tumors are uncommon in all age group. In contrast, tumors metastatic to the heart are significantly more common. The diagnosis is made by echocardiography and cardiac angiography. Recently a wider use of echocardiogram as the screening test of valve lesions can be expected to increase the number of myxomas found preoperatively. We report the two cases of left atrial myxomas which were removed successfully by surgery in the thoracic and cardiovascular surgery department, Marryknoll Hospital.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• v.14 no.3
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• pp.260-267
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• 1981

Left atrial myxoma is a rare disease and its recurrence is reported to be always possible whenever primary excision is incomplete. Cardiac Myxoma is rare disease of the heart, and it has a little chance of recurrence. We experienced a patient of recurrent left atrial myxoma who was 31 years old, had been gotten excision of Lt. atrial myxoma when she was 28 years of her age. She was gotten mitral valve replacement simultaneously during 2nd operation with difficulty. So we report this case with the review of the literatures. [KTCS 1981;3:260-267]Surgical Treatment of Acute Pyogenic Pericarditis followed the Sepsis Ki Woo Shin, M.D.,* Ho Wan Lee, M.D.* and Dong Jun Lee, M.D.* Two cases of acute pyogenic pericarditis are, one case, 12-year-old male patient, followed the bacteremia of pneumonia and other case, 9 year old female patient, followed the bacteremia of osteomyelitis. After the confirmed diagnosis by pericardial aspiration, the emergency pericardial window was made to relief the severe cardiogenic symptoms. The general symptoms were improved immediately, but 40 days and 15 days after pericardiostomy, in each case, the sign and symptoms of cardiac compression were seen with recurrent cardiac tamponade. Pericardiectomy with median sternotomy was performed in each case and thereafter the patients were discharged without any problems.