There is no author summary for this article yet. Authors can add summaries to their articles on ScienceOpen to make them more accessible to a non-specialist audience.
Abstract
A 14-year-old female presented with common clinical findings for a rare primary intracardiac
tumor. Primary cardiac tumors are rare in all age groups, occurring in 0.05% of routine
postmortem examinations. Pediatric primary cardiac tumors are likewise uncommon, with
the most common being a rhabdomyoma. Atrial myxomas occur infrequently in the pediatric
age group. They occur primarily between the third and sixth decade, making them the
most common adult primary cardiac tumor. The following case presentation demonstrates
a common clinical presentation for an intracardiac mass rarely diagnosed in the pediatric
population. This patient's acute neurologic symptoms required prompt recognition of
an intracardiac etiology. This recognition proved critical for the acute and long-term
medical and surgical management of this patient.