Tumorectomy with right thoracotomy for synchronous left atrial myxomas from Carney complex: report of a case.
This report describes a case of synchronous left atrial myxomas from Carney complex resected through a right thoracotomy. The patient was a 30-year-old female that had previously been diagnosed with Carney complex following a genetic examination. Preoperative echocardiography showed a left atrial tumor, but intraoperative inspection revealed another tumor in the left atrium. Carney complex was first described in the 1980s and cardiac myxoma from Carney complex can occur in any cardiac chamber, presenting multiple times with postoperative recurrences, occurring at any age and without any predilection for gender, and is inherited in an autosomal-dominant manner. Treatment for cardiac myxoma from Carney complex is very important for patient mortality and morbidity and, despite the endocrine nature of the disorder, cardiologists and cardiac surgeons play an important role.
Department of General and Cardiothoracic Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Gifu University, 1-1 Yanagido, Gifu City, Gifu, 501-1194, Japan, Alpineskierjp@aol.com.
Narihiro
N
Ishida
Katsuya
K
Shimabukuro
Yukihiro
Y
Matsuno
Yuki
Y
Arakawa
Hirofumi
H
Takemura
D000328:Adult; D056733:Carney Complex / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D006325:Heart Atria; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D009232:Myxoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D009378:Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / Q000601:surgery*; D013908:Thoracotomy / Q000379:methods*; D016896:Treatment Outcome