Multiple recurrent cardiac myxomas
Abe, H.; Minagawa, T.; Ishiwara, R.; Uchigasaki, S.; Takeda, F.
Kyobu Geka. Japanese Journal of Thoracic Surgery 62(3): 198-201
2009
ISSN/ISBN: 0021-5252 PMID: 19280949 Document Number: 637783
A 49-year-old male had undergone resection of biatrial multiple myxomas 4 years previously in another hospital. Echocardiography revealed new masses in the left atrium and the right ventricle. Both tumors were removed surgically and subsequently treated with adjuvant chemotherapy. There was no further recurrence during the following 4 years. It was considered that the multiple recurrences in our case were due to multicentricity of the tumor.