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KMID : 0390620160240010071
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Journal of Cardiovascular Ultrasound
2016 Volume.24 No. 1 p.71 ~ p.74
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Primary Multiple Cardiac Myxomas in a Patient without the Carney Complex
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Shohei Kataoka
Masato Otsuka
Masayuki Goto
Mitsuru Kahata
Asako Kumagai
Koji Inoue
Hiroshi Koganei
Kenji Enta
Yasuhiro Ishi
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Abstract
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Cardiac tumors are rare, and multiple myxomas are even rarer. The latter phenomenon is mostly associated with the Carney complex, a dominantly inherited disease characterized by multiple primary cardiac myxomas, endocrinopathy, and spotty pigmentation of the skin. We report the rare case of a patient who did not have the Carney complex but had multiple primary cardiac tumors. A 78-year-old woman with a past history of breast cancer was referred to our hospital for further examination of multiple cardiac tumors. Echocardiography showed 4 tumors in the left atrium and left ventricle. We could not diagnose them preoperatively and decided to resect them surgically because they were mobile and could have caused embolism and obstruction. The postoperative pathological findings of all 4 tumors were myxomas, although the patient did not meet the diagnostic criteria of the Carney complex. Therefore, a rare case of multiple primary cardiac myxomas was diagnosed.
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KEYWORD
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Multiple cardiac tumors , Myxoma , Carney complex
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