A 22-year-old woman who had a history of three cardiac operations and a bil
ateral femoral embolectomy for recurrent cardiac myxoma and myxoma embolism
, respectively, was accepted to our clinic with multiple immobile periphera
l masses. One of them was compressing the left common femoral artery. This
mass was extirpated. Pathology examination revealed myxoma. Chemotherapy wa
s given to the patient and regression of the masses was observed. (C) 2001
by The Society of Thoracic Surgeons.