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heart, section, the middle, heart, left atrial myxoma, tumor, heart, cardiac tumor, myxoma, atrial, myxoma, heart tumor, a left atrial myxoma, benign tumor located, in the left upper chamber, the heart, atrium, on the wall that separates the left chamber, right, atrial septum, atrial myxoma, right, a myxoma, primary heart, cardiac, tumor, that the initial site, the growth was, the heart, is uncommon, heart tumors, most have spread, elsewhere, metastasized, primary cardiac tumors, rare, among them, myxomas, the most common, 75% of myxomas occur, in the left atrium, beginning, in the wall that divides the upper chambers, the heart, atrial septum, growing, atrium, right atrial myxoma, myxomas, more common in women, 10% of all myxomas, familial, that they were genetically inherited, familial myxomas tend to produce symptoms at a younger age than non-familial tumors, multiple, present in more than one site, the heart, the ventricles, lower heart chambers, occur at any time, most often they accompany a change of body position, shortness of breath, breathing difficulty, lying flat, breathing difficulty, asleep, dizziness, fainting, sensation of feeling heart beat, palpitations, chest pain, tightness, signs of left atrial myxomas often mimic mitral stenosis, general symptoms, cough, fever, involuntary weight loss, general discomfort, malaise, joint pain, blueness of skin, the fingers, raynaud's phenomenon, fingers that change color upon pressure, cold, stress, curvature of nails accompanied, soft tissue enlargement, clubbing, the fingers, swelling, general symptoms, mimic those of infective endocarditis, listening, heart, a stethoscope, hear a "tumor plop", a sound related to movement, the tumor, abnormal heart sounds, murmurs, findings, change, the patient changes position, first diagnostic test, an echocardiogram, a test, ultrasound waves to          View the heart, accompanied, a doppler study, echocardiogram allows visualization, the myxoma, cardiac valves, heart structure, tests, chest x-ray, ct scan of chest, heart mri, left heart angiography, right heart angiography, an ecg, demonstrate atrial fibrillation, laboratory tests which altered, a complete blood count, cbc, anemia, decreased platelet count, elevated white blood cell count, wbc, elevated esr, erythrocyte sedimentation rate, elevated interleukin-6, il-6, altered levels of proteins, protein c, gammaglobulins, effective treatment is surgical excision, removal, the tumor, same procedure, patients, need to have mitral valve replaced, myxomas, recur surgical removal was incomplete, probable outcome is poor, a myxoma, benign tumor, complications, common, one complication of untreated myxoma is embolization, tumor cells breaking off, traveling, the bloodstream, obstruct a blood vessel, plant a myxoma in another part, the body where it, cause symptoms, myxoma fragments, embolize, brain, eye, limbs, another complication, local growth, the tumor, obstruct blood flow, the mitral heart valve, produce clinical symptoms of mitral stenosis, someone who had a left atrial myxoma, surgically removed is good, patients, remain symptom-free, normal lifespan, arrhythmias, pulmonary edema, peripheral emboli, spread, metastasis, the tumor, local growth, the tumor, obstruction, the mitral heart valve, symptoms of mitral stenosis, require emergency surgery, prevent sudden death, symptoms indicate you, have an atrial myxoma, awareness, the disorder, make early detection, treatment possible, myxoma is confirmed, patient's relatives might undergo screening to rule out the familial form.