Left atrial myxoma: diagnosis, treatment, and cytological observations

D. J. Coltart, M. E. Billingham, R. L. Popp, P. K. Caves, D. C. Harrison and E. B. Stinson

A patient first seen with cardiac cachexia was found to have a large left atrial myxoma. The diagnosis was first suggested by echocardiographic examination. Cure was achieved by surgery. Light and electron microscopic studies indicate a multipotential mesenchymal cell origin of myxomata.