Multidetector Computed Tomographic Characterization of a Left Atrial Myxoma

A 57-year-old woman presented to her local hospital with left arm and leg weakness and was diagnosed with a right-sided stroke. A subsequent transthoracic echocardiogram showed a large, poorly-defined mass within the left atrium, which prompted her transfer to our institute for urgent surgical resection.

As a prelude to surgery, we performed a “tripartite” coronary CT angiogram to assess the coronary anatomy and left atrial mass (). The findings were consistent with a left atrial myxoma and the patient subsequently underwent surgery, where the mass was resected and the diagnosis substantiated ().

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