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Surgical removal of intravascular leiomyomas with intracardiac extension: A two‐case report
Author(s) -
Andrade Darío,
Vinck Eric E.,
Torres Laura Niño,
Citarella Danilo
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of cardiac surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.428
H-Index - 58
eISSN - 1540-8191
pISSN - 0886-0440
DOI - 10.1111/jocs.14525
Subject(s) - medicine , intracardiac injection , myxoma , cardiopulmonary bypass , pulmonary embolism , cardiac tumors , radiology , surgery
Leiomyomatosis is a uterine condition that can rarely present with extrauterine involvement. Intravenous and intracardiac extensions are extremely rare presentations and, in these cases, the intra‐cardiac mass may be confused with a cardiac myxoma and can be associated with pulmonary embolism. Here we report two cases of successful surgically removed intracardiac leiomyomas under cardiopulmonary bypass.