Key result
Complete surgical resection successfully removes recurrent biatrial myxomas in a patient with extensive comorbidities.
Why the study?
Biatrial recurrence of cardiac myxoma is rare and typically involves a single tumor reaching both atria; the occurrence of two independently growing myxomas in both atria is not well described.
Case Report (n=1)
Redo resection succeeded despite comorbidities; supports feasibility of independent biatrial recurrence management while leaving mechanisms and surveillance open.
We report the case of a 56-year-old female patient with biatrial recurrence of cardiac myxoma and extensive comorbidities. In the literature, only few cases of biatrial myxoma can be found and they generally describe a single tumor reaching both atria. We found two independently growing cardiac myxomas of both atria.
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Dell’Aquila et al. (2014) conducted a case report in Biatrial recurrence of cardiac myxoma (n=1). Surgical resection was evaluated on Surgical outcome. Complete surgical resection of two independently growing, recurrent biatrial myxomas was successfully performed in a 56-year-old female patient with extensive comorbidities.
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