Understanding Cardiac Myxoma Recurrence: A Case Report

• Author(s): Carvalho, MS ; Andrade, MJ ; Abecasis, J ; Gouveia, R ; Branco, LM ; Neves, JP ; Mendes, M
• Date: 2013
• Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.17/1240
• Origin: Repositório do Centro Hospitalar de Lisboa Central, EPE
• Subject(s): Mixoma; Recidiva Neoplásica Local; Neoplasias Cardíacas; HSM CAR
• Document Type: Article
• Language: English

Description

Recurrence of cardiac myxoma is a rare condition, observed in about 3% of patients in sporadic cases, although it is more frequent in familial ones. Several mechanisms have been proposed to explain such recurrence, and the importance of increased vascularization as a facilitating feature is the subject of debate. The authors report the case of a non-familial right atrial myxoma, unusual for both its histopathology and recurrence.