SURGICAL EXCISION OF A BROAD-BASED LEFT ATRIAL-MYXOMA - REPORT OF A CASE

We report herein the case of a 72-year-old woman who underwent success ful resection of an unusual type of broad-based left atrial myxoma. Th e tumor, which was attached to the fossa ovalis and anterior wall of t he left atrium posterior to the aorta, was resected en bloc with the i nteratrial septum and the affected free wall of the left atrium. The d efect in the left atrium and atrial septum was then reconstructed with an equine pericardial patch. To our knowledge, this type of cardiac m yxoma, with a base extending from the septum to the atrial wall, has n ot been previously reported.