Delayed Cerebral Metastases from Completely Resected Cardiac Myxoma: Case Report and Review of Literature
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Cardiac myxoma is the most common benign tumor of the heart. Complete surgical removal of the myxoma is usually curative. However, low incidence of recurrence and metastasis has been reported with the brain being the most common site of cardiac myxoma metastasis (1). We report a rare case of delayed multiple cerebral metastases from the completely resected cardiac myxoma without evidence of local tumor recurrence.
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