Technologies of Diagnosis and Treatment

Unusual case of malignant course of right atrium myxoma

R.M. Vitovsky, V.V. Isaenko, A.V. Krivenky, I.G. Yakovenko, A.A. Antoschenko, E.A. Bilynskyy, A.Z. Paratsiy, T.I. Dedkova, L.I. Chernyakova

M.M. Amosov National Institute of Cardiovascular Surgery NAMS of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine    

The case of malignant course of right atrium myxoma is presented. It was characterized by complicated diagnosis and unusual expansion of tumor revealed during surgery. Despite result of the patological research of the remote new formation, we observed a very aggressive process of benign tumour (myxoma) in right atrium.

Key words: myxoma, right atrium, benign tumor, malignant course.