Cardiac surgeons at Medanta Hospital in Indore successfully excised a giant right atrial myxoma measuring approximately 9.5 × 5.5 × 4 cm and weighing about 180 g from a 75 year old man, in what the treating team believes may be among the largest surgically removed right atrial myxomas reported in India. The patient presented with progressive shortness of breath, chest pain, dizziness, lower limb edema, abdominal swelling, and abnormal liver function tests. Although preoperative imaging suggested a cardiac mass, its true size became evident only after surgical removal.
Dr. Vineet Pandey, Director of the Department of Cardiac Surgery at Medanta Hospital, said the tumor had occupied most of the right atrium, significantly impairing blood flow. Based on its size and the patient's history, the team estimated that the lesion may have been growing slowly for 35 to 40 years before becoming…
