What is a left atrial myxoma?
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Baptist Health South Florida answered:A left atrial myxoma is a very rare and benign tumor.
Myxomas grow on a stalk like a head of cauliflower, flip-flopping around the heart. A piece of the jelly-like tumor can break off and cause a stroke, or the tumor can flop across the mitral valve and into the left ventricle, causing death. Their cause is unknown.A left atrial myxoma is a very rare and benign tumor. Myxomas grow on a stalk like a head of cauliflower, flip-flopping around the heart. A piece of the jelly-like tumor can break off and cause a stroke, or the tumor can flop across the mitral... More
