Key result
TEE identifies multiple recurrent sporadic left atrial myxomas 4 years after initial excision.
Why the study?
Sporadic cardiac myxomas rarely recur locally compared to complex or familial myxomas, but cases of multiple local recurrence are noteworthy.
Population
1 patient with sporadic left atrial myxoma
Design
Case report
Follow-up
4 years after first excision
Authors
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Sporadic myxoma may recur locally years after resection; leaves open mechanisms and need for extended surveillance in non-familial cases.
Case Report (n=1)
Sporadic cardiac myxomas can occasionally present with multiple local recurrences, highlighting the utility of transesophageal echocardiography for long-term follow-up.
Etxebeste et al. (1998) conducted a case report in Cardiac myxoma (n=1). Transesophageal two-dimensional echocardiography was evaluated on Diagnosis of multiple local recurrence. Transesophageal two-dimensional echocardiography diagnosed multiple local recurrence of a sporadic myxoma in the left atrium 4 years after the first excision.
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