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Preoperative echocardiography showed huge left atrial mass protruding through mitral valve with severe mitral insufficiency.
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On echocardiographic examination, as shown in Figure 1, a large, smooth surface, mobile mass, measuring at least 9 x 4 cm was found in the left atrium.
The large mass after removal compared to the incision.
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The reddish bulky tumor was 8 cm x 5 cm x 6 cm in size and had a smooth and sleek surface with a small dense stalk attached to the limbus of the fossa ovalis as shown in Figure 2.
Serial of postoperative chest X-rays showed gradual reduction in cardiac size.
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However, heart size from the chest film gradually decreased on each visit until it became normal size as demonstrated in Figure 3.