Cardiac myxoma is most common among primary cardiac tumors, and its origin and tumor characteristics have been gradually elucidated by recent advances in molecular biology. Prichard's structure in the interatrial septum which was reported to be a candidate for the origin of cardiac myxoma, was revealed to be age-related changes. In hereditary cardiac myxoma "Carney complex", chromosomal abnorma...

Primary cardiac tumors are rare and myxoma is the most common tumor among them. Cardiac myxoma usually occurs in the left atrium. Myxoma originating from mitral valve is extremely rare. We report a case of mitral valve myxoma. The tumor originated from the anterior mitral valve leaflet. The tumor was completely removed and replacement of the mitral valve was not done.

Myxoma is a benign primary cardiac tumour, mostly located in the left atrial. A 43 years old woman was referred with difficulty of breathing for 3 months. The patients also complained about weakness, swollen legs, enlarged abdomen, and blood-tinged cough. patient appeared weak blood pressure 80/50 mmHg grade III/IV systolic diastolic murmurs were found. Transthoracic echocardiography pathology ...

Primary tumors of the heart are rare, and among them, cardiac myxoma is the most prevalent primary cardiac neoplasm in adult patients. Astrocytoma is the most common glioma and can occur in most parts of the brain and occasionally in the spinal cord. There is a little knowledge about coexistence of cardiac myxoma and astrocytoma in the literature. Cardiac myxoma associated with intracranial tum...

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 loc...

Although cardiac myxoma is the most commonly encountered benign cardiac tumor in cardiac surgery practice, recurrent cardiac myxoma is very rare, is most commonly related to the Carney complex, and usually requires multiple cardiac operations with specific requirements in terms of perioperative management. In this report, we describe a patient who experienced the fourth recurrence of cardiac my...

Cardiac myxoma represents the most common primary cardiac neoplasm, accounting for nearly 75% of benign cardiac tumor. Tumor embolisms occur in 30% to 40% of patients with myxoma, and half of these are cerebral arteries. To our knowledge, this is the first published report of multiregional tumor embolizations except for cerebral artery and Takotsubo cardiomyopathy in patients with left atrial m...

BACKGROUND Risk factors for embolism and recurrence of primary cardiac myxoma are not well established. This study aimed to assess the risk factors for embolism and recurrence of cardiac myxoma, as well as the survival of the patients. METHODS The medical records of 207 consecutive patients treated for primary cardiac myxoma between September 1988 and October 2014 were retrospectively analyze...

Cardiac myxoma is the most common cardiac tumour. Most lesions occur sporadically, but occasional lesions develop in patients with Carney complex, a syndrome characterized by cardiac myxoma, spotty pigmentation, and endocrine overactivity. Two-thirds of patients with Carney complex harbour germline mutations in PRKAR1A, which encodes the type I regulatory subunit of protein kinase A (PKA). Most...

OBJECTIVE Cardiac myxoma in pregnancy is rare and the clinical characteristics of this entity have been insufficiently elucidated. This article aims to describe the treatment options and the risk factors responsible for the maternal and feto-neonatal prognoses. METHODS A comprehensive search of the literature of cardiac myxoma in pregnancy was conducted and 44 articles with 51 patients were i...