Surgical removal of intravascular leiomyomas with intracardiac extension: A two-case report

J Card Surg. 2020 May;35(5):1094-1097. doi: 10.1111/jocs.14525. Epub 2020 Mar 29.

Abstract

Leiomyomatosis is a uterine condition that can rarely present with extrauterine involvement. Intravenous and intracardiac extensions are extremely rare presentations and, in these cases, the intra-cardiac mass may be confused with a cardiac myxoma and can be associated with pulmonary embolism. Here we report two cases of successful surgically removed intracardiac leiomyomas under cardiopulmonary bypass.

Keywords: intracardiac; intravenous; leiomyoma.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Cardiac Surgical Procedures / methods*
  • Cardiopulmonary Bypass
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Echocardiography, Transesophageal
  • Female
  • Heart Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
  • Heart Neoplasms / pathology
  • Heart Neoplasms / surgery*
  • Humans
  • Leiomyomatosis / diagnostic imaging
  • Leiomyomatosis / pathology
  • Leiomyomatosis / surgery*
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Middle Aged
  • Myxoma
  • Neoplasm Invasiveness
  • Treatment Outcome