Recurrent left atrial myxoma.
Based on statistics from the UK, the incidence of myxoma is about 1:1,000,000/year. Three recent cases of recurrent myxoma are reported, one where excision was probably incomplete, one where tumour implantation may have occurred and one where a mesenchymal sarcoma was misinterpreted histologically. The relative importance of these three factors in recurrence of cardiac tumours after surgical excision is discussed.
Alkhulaifi
A M
AM
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Middlesex Hospital, London, UK.
Horner
S
S
Pugsley
W B
WB
Sturridge
M F
MF
D000328:Adult; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000473:pathology; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008637:Mesenchymoma / Q000473:pathology; D008875:Middle Aged; D009232:Myxoma / Q000473:pathology*; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000473:pathology*; D016609:Neoplasms, Second Primary / Q000473:pathology