Recurrence of nonfamilial cardiac myxoma in the left ventricle: a case report

Xiaole Song; Li Tang; Jun Yang; Nan Li

doi:10.1002/jcu.22168

Recurrence of nonfamilial cardiac myxoma in the left ventricle: a case report

J Clin Ultrasound. 2014 Nov-Dec;42(9):576-7. doi: 10.1002/jcu.22168. Epub 2014 May 4.

Authors

Xiaole Song¹, Li Tang, Jun Yang, Nan Li

Affiliation

¹ The First Hospital of China Medical University, Department of Cardiovascular Ultrasound, Shenyang, 110001, China.

PMID: 24797084
DOI: 10.1002/jcu.22168

Abstract

A left atrial myxoma was found and removed in a 47-year-old woman admitted for acute ischemic cerebrovascular disease, without family history of cardiac tumor. Follow-up echocardiography, 15 months later, demonstrated a new myxoma in the left ventricle.

Keywords: echocardiography; left ventricle; myxoma; nonfamilial; recurrence.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Female
Heart Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
Heart Neoplasms / surgery
Heart Ventricles / diagnostic imaging*
Heart Ventricles / surgery
Humans
Middle Aged
Myxoma / diagnostic imaging*
Myxoma / surgery
Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / diagnostic imaging*
Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / surgery
Ultrasonography