title: Minimally invasive extirpation of a left-ventricular myxoma.
abstract: As myxomas usually are benign neoplasms a minimally invasive technique would be an interesting alternative for their extirpation because the surgical trauma is reduced. In one male patient with a diagnosed left-ventricular myxoma minimally invasive surgery was carried out using the Port-Access method. 2D echocardiography, EBT, and MRI were performed preoperatively to obtain exact information about topography, calcifications, and malignity. Minimally invasive extirpation was successful and the mitral valve could be preserved. Histopathological examination revealed a cardiac myxoma extirpated in toto. At one-year follow-up there was no recurrence of the tumor.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiac Surgery, University Hospital Grosshadern, Ludwig-Maximilians University, Munich, Germany. H.Gulbins@hch.med.uni-muenchen.de
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Gulbins
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Reichenspurner
authors.forename: B J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Wintersperger
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Reichart
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D004452:Echocardiography; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D019060:Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures; D009232:Myxoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed