Journal Basic Info
- Impact Factor: 1.995**
- H-Index: 8
- ISSN: 2474-1647
- DOI: 10.25107/2474-1647
Major Scope
- Urology
- Colon and Rectal Surgery
- Transplant Surgery
- Thoracic Surgery
- Orthopaedic Surgery
- Endocrine Surgery
- Neurological Surgery
- Surgical Oncology
Abstract
Citation: Clin Surg. 2016;1(1):1075.Case Report | Open Access
Sub-Acute Bowel Obstruction Preventing Sudden Cardiac Death: A Case of Synchronous but Unrelated Left Atrial Myxoma and Colorectal Adenocarcinoma
Kar A, Sudarsanam A, Papaspyros S and Prasad S
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, St Bartholomew’s Hospital, UK
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, UK
PDF Full Text DOI: 10.25107/2474-1647.1075
Abstract
Primary cardiac tumours are an extremely rare entity, which may be completely asymptomatic or present with a wide range of clinical symptoms and signs such as congestive heart failure, murmurs, stroke or arrhythmias. We discuss the case of a 53 year old with synchronous but unrelated left atrial myxoma and colorectal adenocarcinoma. To our knowledge, this is the first report in the literature of a patient with an atrial myxoma incidentally discovered as part of staging following a diagnosis of colorectal cancer.
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Kar A, Sudarsanam A, Papaspyros S, Prasad S. Sub-Acute Bowel Obstruction Preventing Sudden Cardiac Death: A Case of Synchronous but Unrelated Left Atrial Myxoma and Colorectal Adenocarcinoma. Clin Surg. 2016; 1: 1075.
