Complicated sporadic cardiac myxomas: a second recurrence and myxomatous cerebral aneurysms in one patient.
A second recurrence of an excised nonfamilial cardiac myxoma is rare. Myxomatous cerebral aneurysms as a complication of cardiac myxomas are equally rare. A unique case of a patient with a total of 4 myxomas over a 20-year interval is presented. Her most recent presentation was a second recurrence of a left atrial myxoma, a de novo right atrial myxoma, and multiple cerebral myxomatous aneurysms. The challenging reconstruction of the normal anatomy was achieved with the use of porcine extracellular matrix patches. A diagnostic cerebral angiogram was later performed, and the aneurysms will be monitored for growth and possible intervention.
Department of Surgery, Beth Israel Medical Center, 350 East 17th Street 16 Baird Hall, New York, NY 10003, USA.
Mazen E
ME
Iskandar
Department of Cardiac Surgery, Beth Israel Medical Center, 317 East 17th Street, New York, NY 10003, USA.
Kamellia
K
Dimitrova
Department of Cardiac Surgery, Beth Israel Medical Center, 317 East 17th Street, New York, NY 10003, USA.
Charles M
CM
Geller
Department of Cardiac Surgery, Beth Israel Medical Center, 317 East 17th Street, New York, NY 10003, USA.
Darryl M
DM
Hoffman
Department of Cardiac Surgery, Beth Israel Medical Center, 317 East 17th Street, New York, NY 10003, USA.
Robert F
RF
Tranbaugh