Atrial myxoma masquerading as Takayasu’s arteritis

We describe the case of a 48-year-old woman whose atrial myxoma was mistaken for vasculitis. The case report highlights the reasons why these two disorders may become confused, the dangers of initiating the wrong treatment and a simple means of avoiding misdiagnosis.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Fung, Kenneth, Edmondson, Stephen, Wald, David S
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publications 2014
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4228930/