Cardiac myxoma after treatment for childhood neuroblastoma.
An asymptomatic 13 year old with a history of neuroblastoma treated with chemotherapy, radiation therapy, and autologous bone marrow transplant was found to have a cardiac mass on screening echocardiogram. Surgical resection and histologic examination revealed the mass was a myxoma. After resection the patient made a full recovery. This report reviews the features of myxoma and explores the potential relationship between chemotherapy, radiation, bone marrow transplant and myxoma.
Hill
Garick
G
Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC 27157, USA. ghill@wfubmc.edu
Castellino
Sharon
S
Williams
Derek
D
D000293:Adolescent; D000310:Adrenal Gland Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy*; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004452:Echocardiography; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009232:Myxoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D009447:Neuroblastoma / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy*; D012307:Risk Factors; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed