A report and review of recurrent left atrial myxoma: not always such 'a benign tumor'.
We report a patient whose left atrial myxoma recurred three times and review 28 other reports of recurrent myxoma. Inadequate resection and multifocal growth appear to be two separate causes for recurrence.
Angelini
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Cardiac Unit, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff, UK.
Fraser
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Butchart
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Henderson
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D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006325:Heart Atria; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D009232:Myxoma / Q000601:surgery*; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000601:surgery