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The Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery 1999 April;40(2):233-5

Copyright © 2000 EDIZIONI MINERVA MEDICA

language: English

Recurrent myxoma of the left ventricle. Case report and review of the literature

Bortolotti U., Scioti G., Guglielmi C., Milano A., Nardi C., Tartarini G.

From the Departments of Cardiac Surgery and * Cardiology University of Pisa Medical School, Pisa, Italy

A 29-­year-old ­female was ­found to ­have a ­left ven­tric­u­lar ­mass ­while in the 14th ­week of ges­ta­tion. Seven ­years ear­li­er she had under­gone remov­al of a ­left ven­tric­u­lar myx­o­ma. At re-op­er­a­tion, ­after elec­tive inter­rup­tion of preg­nan­cy, a recur­rent ­left ven­tric­u­lar myx­o­ma was suc­cess­ful­ly ­excised. According to a ­review of the lit­er­a­ture recur­rence of an iso­lat­ed, local­ized ­left ven­tric­u­lar myx­o­ma has not ­been pre­vi­ous­ly report­ed.