Familial cardiac myxoma with multifocal recurrences: a case report and review of the literature
Hailong Cao
Yanhu Wu
Jinfu Zhu
Yijiang Chen
摘要：We report a case of myxoma with multiple recurrences in both the atrium and ventricle in a 26-year-old woman five years after the surgical removal of left atrial myxoma. Her 52-year-old mother had a similar medical history.To our knowledge, this was the first familial case who suffered multifocal cardiac myxoma recurrences without any sign of the myxoma complex. Based on our understanding of the mechanism of recurrence, the approaches to prevent the recurrence, and markers to predict recurrence, we propose that multifocal recurrences, as reportedherein, may result from a combination of familial predisposition and multifocal onset. The bi-atrial surgical approach and transesophageal echocardiography are preferred for patients with recurrent cardiac myxomas, especially for those with multiple recurrences and familial myxoma. Immunological and genetic screenings may help to identify family members at risk for developing this disease.
机标关键词：literaturefamilial predispositionsurgical approachsurgical removalmultipleunderstandingcombinationespecially
分类号：R732.1(心血管肿瘤)
论文发表日期：2011-01-01
在线出版日期：2025-08-15（本平台首次上网日期，不代表文献的发表时间）
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