MYXOMA OF THE HEART: MORPHOLOGY, DIAGNOSIS, SURGICAL TREATMENT. A CLINICAL CASE OF VILLOUS MYXOMA OF THE LEFT ATRIUM

Abstract

Myxoma is a tumor, which is the most common nosological form among the primary neoplasms of the heart, usually characterized by its goodness, but with frequent manifestations of relapses. Myxomas account for about half of all primary neoplasms of the heart, most of them occur in the left atrium and only occasionally attach to the mitral valve. These neoplasms may be manifested by a combination of obstruction of blood flow, systemic embolization and constitutional symptoms. Gender differences in the structure of epidemiology of the heart mix indicate the following:
the disease is more common mainly in women than in men. Morphologically, myxomas of the heart are very diverse and heterogeneous. The article describes in detail the villous myxomas of the heart, which most often appear in the structure of this pathology. Data on localization, macroscopic and microscopic structure are given. We also present a clinical case of the Department of Cardiac Surgery of the Leningrad Regional clinical hospital. Also, this review presents a clinical case of villous myxoma detected (during echocardiography) and surgically resected, in an 80-year-old patient, in the Department of Cardiac Surgery of the Leningrad Regional clinical hospital. The tumor was surgically resected and histologically classified as a villous myxoma.