Kawall Jessica, Seecheran Rajeev, Seecheran Valmiki, Persad Sangeeta, Maharaj Stefan, Seecheran Naveen Anand
Department of Medicine, North Central Regional Health Authority, Mt. Hope, Trinidad and Tobago.
Department of Radiology, South West Regional Health Authority, San Fernando Teaching Hospital, Trinidad and Tobago.
SAGE Open Med Case Rep. 2020 Jul 7;8:2050313X20933484. doi: 10.1177/2050313X20933484. eCollection 2020.
Cardiac myxomas are the most frequently encountered tumors of the heart. However, they are unusual to be newly diagnosed in the geriatric population. Myxomas are among the great mimickers, with a myriad of clinical presentations related to heart failure, embolic events, and constitutional symptoms. We describe a rare case of a giant atrial myxoma in a nonagenarian presenting with heart failure, which was medically managed.
