title: Multifocal right atrial myxoma and pulmonary embolism.
abstract: Multifocal cardiac myxoma with greater than two foci is rarely reported in the literature. We report a case of a 22-year-old woman who presented with profound right heart failure, and was found to have seven right atrial myxomas with bilateral pulmonary embolism, including near-complete occlusion of right pulmonary arterial flow. Multifocal atrial myxoma occurs most often in the familial setting, and often is associated with recurrence. Her disease was nonfamilial. She was successfully treated with surgical resection, and has had complete recovery with no evidence of recurrence over a 4-year period.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599-7065, USA.
authors.forename: Alden M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Parsons
authors.forename: Frank C
authors.initials: FC
authors.lastname: Detterbeck
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006325:Heart Atria; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D009232:Myxoma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D009360:Neoplastic Cells, Circulating / Q000473:pathology; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000209:etiology*