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Left Atrial Myxoma in a Child with Unique Presentation: Chest Pain

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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.

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  1. Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, The University of Texas Medical School at Houston, 6431 Fannin Street, MSB 4.020, Houston, TX, 77030, USA

    Tsuyoshi Kaneko & Jon-Cecil Walkes

  2. Department of Pediatric Surgery and Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, The University of Texas Medical School at Houston, 6431 Fannin Street, MSB 6.264, Houston, TX, 77030, USA

    Felix W. Tsai

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Kaneko, T., Walkes, JC. & Tsai, F.W. Left Atrial Myxoma in a Child with Unique Presentation: Chest Pain. Pediatr Cardiol 32, 230–231 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00246-010-9847-x

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