Heart transplant for multiple recurrences of familial cardiac myxomas in an adolescent patient: a case report and literature review

Cardiac myxoma is the most common primary cardiac neoplasm occurring in all age groups. After resection, familial Cardiac myxoma is more likely to recur than that arises in sporadic fashion. In this report, we describe an adolescent patient experiencing multiple recurrences of cardiac myxomas and underwent heart transplant. This is the first report of such a case at our institution....

Author : Thiyaphat Laohawetwanit, Poonchavist Chantranuwatana, and Pat Ongcharit
Keyword : cardiac myxoma, Carney complex, embolisation, heart transplant