Periocular Myxoma in a Child

Periocular Myxoma in a Child

Myxomas are locally invasive, benign mesenchymal neoplasms with odontogenic, osteogenic, or soft tissue origin. Facial myxomas probably account for less than 0.5% of all paranasal sinus and nasal tumors. We report a case of a left painless periocular mass in a 11-month-old girl. The lesion was resected with a clinical diagnosis of lacrimal sac tumor. Histopathology and immunohistochemistry prov...

Left Atrial Myxoma: A Rare Tumor in a Child

Atrial myxomas are uncommon in the pediatric population but are very important due to pursuant atrioventricular valve obstruction and systemic embolic events. Concerning multiple symptoms ranging from congestive heart failure to neurological deficits, the diagnosis of this disease is complicated. This paper reports a case of left atrium myxoma in a child treated with a surgical excision o...

Atrial myxoma producing a saddle embolus in a child.

Left atrial myxoma in a child diagnosed by ultra-sound.

LEFT atrial myxoma is the commonest primary cardiac tumour and the clinical features are well documented (Yater, 1931; Goodwin, 1964). The technique of mitral echocardiography using ultra-sound waves generated by a piezo-electric transducer directed at the anterior cusp of the mitral valve was first described in 1954 by Edler & Hertz. Effert & Domanig (1959) showed that echoes arising from a le...

Subcutaneous Myxoma of the Ankle in a Young Child

Soft tissue myxoma is a rare benign disease, and subcutaneous myxoma is extremely rare. It primarily affects middle-aged patients, and its occurrence in children is particularly uncommon. We present the case of a 5-year-old girl with a slowly growing subcutaneous myxoma in the left ankle. We summarize the radiological features of soft tissue myxoma on the basis of our case and the current liter...