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Case Reports

Reconstruction of Two Independent Neo-Atria After Resection of Recurrent Leiomyosarcoma

^a Department of Cardiac Surgery, Bergamo, Italy
^b Department of Thoracic Surgery, Humanitas Gavazzeni Hospital, Bergamo, Italy
^c Department of Thoracic Surgery and Oncology, National Cancer Institute, Pascale Foundation, Naples, Italy

Accepted for publication March 20, 2009.

^_* Address correspondence to Dr Sponga, Department of Cardiac Surgery, Humanitas Gavazzeni Hospital, Via Mauro Gavazzeni 21, Bergamo, 24125, Italy (Email: sandro.sponga{at}unipd.it).

We describe a case of a patient with recurrent leiomyosarcoma involving both atria after a previous right pneumonectomy. The patient was treated with wide resection of the mass and separate reconstruction of the cardiac cavities with prosthetic material.