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Case Reports
. 2020 May;35(5):1094-1097.
doi: 10.1111/jocs.14525. Epub 2020 Mar 29.

Surgical removal of intravascular leiomyomas with intracardiac extension: A two-case report

Darío Andrade  1 , Eric E Vinck  1 , Laura Niño Torres  2 , Danilo Citarella  3
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Surgical removal of intravascular leiomyomas with intracardiac extension: A two-case report

Darío Andrade et al. J Card Surg. 2020 May.

Abstract

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.

Keywords: intracardiac; intravenous; leiomyoma.

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