page_title: Cardiac myxoma
section_title: Prognosis
hierarchical_section_title: Cardiac myxoma / Prognosis
caption_attribution_description: Čeština: Embolus v bifurkaci ilických tepen English: HEART-GREAT VESSELS: MYXOMA EMBOLUS: ILIAC BIFURCATION An embolized fragment of the tumor.
context_page_description: A myxoma is a rare benign tumor of the heart. Myxomas are the most common primary cardiac tumor in adults, and are most commonly found within the left atrium. Myxomas may also develop in the other heart chambers. The tumor is derived from multipotent mesenchymal cells.
context_section_description: Although a myxoma is not malignant with risk of metastasis, complications are common. Untreated, a myxoma can lead to an embolism (tumor cells breaking off and traveling with the bloodstream). Myxoma fragments can move to the brain, eye, or limbs.
  If the tumor continues to enlarge inside the heart, it can block blood flow through the mitral valve and cause symptoms of mitral stenosis or mitral regurgitation. This may require emergency surgery to prevent sudden death.
caption: An embolized fragment of an atrial myxoma in the iliac bifurcation.
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