Fourth Recurrence of Cardiac Myxoma in a Patient with the Carney Complex.

نویسندگان

  • O Young Kwon
  • Gun Jik Kim
  • Woo Sung Jang
  • Young Ok Lee
  • Jun Yong Cho
  • Jong Tae Lee
چکیده

Although cardiac myxoma is the most commonly encountered benign cardiac tumor in cardiac surgery practice, recurrent cardiac myxoma is very rare, is most commonly related to the Carney complex, and usually requires multiple cardiac operations with specific requirements in terms of perioperative management. In this report, we describe a patient who experienced the fourth recurrence of cardiac myxoma and review the diagnostic criteria of the Carney complex. This is the first report of such a case in Korea.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • The Korean journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery

دوره 49 2  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2016