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Ann Thorac Surg 1998;66:1791-1792
© 1998 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Case Reports

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

Franziska Bernet, MDa, Peter M. Stulz, MDa, Thierry P. Carrel, MDa

a Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland

Accepted for publication May 1, 1998.

Address reprint requests to Dr Bernet, Clinic for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, University Hospital, CH-4031 Basel, Switzerland

Malignant local or metastatic myxomatous tumors of the heart are rare and sometimes present with an unpredictable outcome. The present report demonstrates an unusual case of left atrial myxoma with a rather strange distribution of metastases that had long-term remission after combined surgical resection, chemotherapy, and irradiation of cerebral and pulmonary metastases.




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