Key result
Metastatic cardiac myxomas can present in unusual sites like the right temporal bone years before the primary tumor is evident, necessitating complete cardiac evaluation in such patients.
Highlights the need for complete cardiac evaluation in patients presenting with myxomas in unusual locations due to the potential for metastatic cardiac myxoma.
Alerts clinicians to rare metastatic presentations; single case report leaves screening protocols uncertain.
The authors describe a case of a "benign" cardiac myxoma with metastases to a previously unreported site, the right temporal bone. The cardiac tumor became evident five years after the bone tumor presentation. Patients with myxomas in unusual locations should have a complete cardiac evaluation.
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Rupp et al. (1989) studied this question. Metastatic cardiac myxomas can present in unusual sites like the right temporal bone years before the primary tumor is evident, necessitating complete cardiac evaluation in such patients.
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