1. Dysphagia caused by a left atrial myxoma
Hideki Mishima, MD, Susumu Ishikawa, MD, Yasushi Katayama, MD, Hiroki Matsunaga, MD 
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 
Volume 147, Issue 4, Pages (April 2014)
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2. Figure 1
Preoperative computed tomographic image. A large neoplastic lesion (40 × 45 mm in diameter) was observed in the left atrium. The esophagus was mechanically compressed and displaced by the tumor.
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3. Figure 2
A, Preoperative contrast esophagographic image. Contrast esophagography showed a compression on the front wall of the esophagus, caused by the extramural tumor. B, Postoperative contrast esophagographic image. The mechanical compression of the extramural esophagus disappeared after surgery.
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