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  • Title: Familial recurring cardiac myxoma.
    Author: Haught WH, Alexander JA, Conti CR.
    Journal: Clin Cardiol; 1991 Aug; 14(8):692-5. PubMed ID: 1914275.
    Abstract:
    A 34-year-old woman presented with her fourth occurrence of an atrial myxoma and a right lower lung field mass. Her surgical history was extensive. In addition to resection of three previous atrial myxomas, she had undergone resection of her adrenal glands as a teenager because of Cushing's syndrome, and a hysterectomy at age 26 revealed a myxoid leiomyoma. Family history was remarkable as a maternal uncle and daughter died from embolic complications of left atrial myxomas and her sister previously had a left atrial myxoma resected. The patient underwent uncomplicated removal of the myxoma, and resection of the lung mass revealed a granuloma. A review of typical and atypical aspects of cardiac myxomas is provided including a rare and recently described syndrome of familial cardiac myxoma associated with Cushing's syndrome, spotty skin pigmentation and other myxoid tumors.
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