Long-term remission after resection, chemotherapy, and irradiation of a metastatic myxoma

Authors
Bernet, F Stulz, PM Carrel, TP
Citation
F. Bernet et al., Long-term remission after resection, chemotherapy, and irradiation of a metastatic myxoma, ANN THORAC, 66(5), 1998, pp. 1791-1792
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Cardiovascular & Respiratory Systems","Medical Research Diagnosis & Treatment
Journal title
ANNALS OF THORACIC SURGERY
ISSN journal
00034975 → ACNP
Volume
66
Issue
5
Year of publication
1998
Pages
1791 - 1792
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-4975(199811)66:5<1791:LRARCA>2.0.ZU;2-E
Abstract
Malignant local or metastatic myxomatous tumors of the heart are rare and s ometimes present with an unpredictable outcome. The present report demonstr ates an unusual case of left atrial myxoma with a rather strange distributi on of metastases that had long-term remission after combined surgical resec tion, chemotherapy, and irradiation of cerebral and pulmonary metastases. ( C) 1998 by The Society of Thoracic Surgeons.