title: [Second recurrence of cardiac myxoma 7 years after the initial operation].
abstract: We report a rare case of a 23-year-old woman in who recurrent multiple cardiac myxomas were resected first time 4 years after the initial operation and second time three years after the second operation. In February 2000, she was diagnosed with right ventricular myxoma. The initial cardiac tumor was successfully resected through a right atrium approach and the tricuspid valve was changed with a biological prosthesis; the patient has been followed-up by ultrasound echocardiography every 6-month after discharge. Four years after, the echocardiography revealed one masse in the left atrium, which was resected using a trans-septal approach. Due to malfunction of the tricuspid prosthesis, this was changed with a biological one. After another three years, the echocardiography revealed once again two masses, this time in the right atrium and left ventricle. The third surgery was performed and all 2 myxomas were successfully resected through a combined right atrial and left ventricle approach. One year after the third operation, she has been doing well without any sign of recurrence of myxoma. A long-term follow-up is mandatory in patients after the resection of a cardiac myxoma.
authors.affiliation: Clinica de Chirurgie Cardiovasculară, Institutul de Boli Cardiovasculare Prof. Dr. C.C. Iliescu, Bucureşti.
authors.forename: V A
authors.initials: VA
authors.lastname: Iliescu
authors.forename: L F
authors.initials: LF
authors.lastname: Dorobanţu
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Stiru
authors.forename: A G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Iosifescu
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Coman
authors.forename: Simona
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Marin
authors.forename: Daniela
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Filipescu
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006325:Heart Atria; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D019918:Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation / Q000009:adverse effects; D006352:Heart Ventricles; D006801:Humans; D009232:Myxoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D012086:Reoperation; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014261:Tricuspid Valve / Q000601:surgery; D014463:Ultrasonography