June 1, 1992Neurosurgery

Malignant Astrocytoma Six Years after the Resection of a Cerebral Metastatic Cardiac Myxoma

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Population

1 woman with a history of total resection of a cardiac myxoma and subsequent cerebral metastasis

Design

Case_report

Follow-up

6 years

Authors

BCBruce S. ChozickUniversity of Connecticut MAMary AmblerBrown University JSJulius StollBrown University

Discussion

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Implication

Hypothesis-generating for late malignancy at prior myxoma sites; should not change practice or surveillance.

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Population

1 woman with a history of total resection of a cardiac myxoma and subsequent cerebral metastasis

Intervention

Surgical resection

Outcome

Development of malignant astrocytoma

This case report describes a rare occurrence of a malignant astrocytoma developing at the site of a previously resected cerebral metastatic cardiac myxoma.

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Chozick et al. (1992) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a7dfcd45d36433ac21880a3 https://doi.org/10.1227/00006123-199206000-00019

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Malignant Astrocytoma Six Years after the Resection of a Cerebral Metastatic Cardiac Myxoma

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Malignant Astrocytoma Six Years after the Resection of a Cerebral Metastatic Cardiac Myxoma

Discussion

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Implication

Structured PICO

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