Atrial Myxoma in 2 Nigerian Children

Abstract

Myxomas are the most common primary cardiac tumors in adults. They are more common in the third to sixth decades of life but infrequent in the pediatric age group. Among pediatric patients, the most often affected patients are teenagers. Their presentation is often enigmatic because of vague constitutional findings. The vague and unusual symptomatology of cardiac myxomas often has led to delayed diagnosis or misdiagnosis in children and adolescents. We, therefore, present 2 cases among Nigerian children below adolescent age and also with vague symptomatology.