Atrial myxoma masquerading as Takayasu's arteritis. 2014

Kenneth Fung, and Stephen Edmondson, and David S Wald
Department of Cardiology, London Chest Hospital, London E2 9JX, UK.

We describe the case of a 48-year-old woman whose atrial myxoma was mistaken for vasculitis. The case report highlights the reasons why these two disorders may become confused, the dangers of initiating the wrong treatment and a simple means of avoiding misdiagnosis.

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