Key result
Radical resection of a large left atrial myxoma using autotransplantation was successfully performed in a 38-year-old male, who was discharged on the 27th postoperative day.
Case Report (n=1)
Autotransplantation can be a viable surgical approach for the radical resection of large, unfavorably located cardiac myxomas.
Supports feasibility of autotransplantation for select large left atrial myxomas; single case leaves open generalizability.
A 38 year old male patient presented with a cardiac tumor. Echocardiography and visualization of the left atrium revealed a large myxoma. Surgical resection of the tumor was performed with the aid of cardiopulmonary bypass. The extensive size of the tumor base and its localisation at the posterior left atrial wall made a conventional approach impossible. Therefore radical resection of the tumor was undertaken using autotransplantation. After a routine postoperative course, the patient was discharged on the twenty seventh hospital day.
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Scheld et al. (1988) conducted a case report in Cardiac tumor (large myxoma) (n=1). Surgical resection using autotransplantation was evaluated on Successful resection and postoperative course. Radical resection of a large left atrial myxoma using autotransplantation was successfully performed in a 38-year-old male, who was discharged on the 27th postoperative day.
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