Metastatic cardiac myxoma

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.