One-stage complete removal of intracardiac leiomyomatosis without cardiac arrest

Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2013 Jan;61(1):88-90. doi: 10.1055/s-0032-1324712. Epub 2012 Nov 24.

Abstract

We present here a woman with an intracardiac leiomyoma originating from uterine leiomyomatosis. The tumor was completely removed in a one-stage procedure using cardiopulmonary bypass without cardiac arrest. Most one-stage operations were performed with total circulation arrest; however, using of on-pump beating-heart technique when removing the intracardiac mass has seldom been reported in detail. The patient was asymptomatic with no evidence of recurrence on 13-month follow-up.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Cardiac Surgical Procedures*
  • Cardiopulmonary Bypass
  • Female
  • Heart Arrest, Induced
  • Heart Neoplasms / pathology
  • Heart Neoplasms / surgery*
  • Humans
  • Leiomyomatosis / pathology
  • Leiomyomatosis / surgery*
  • Middle Aged
  • Neoplasm Invasiveness
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Uterine Neoplasms / pathology
  • Uterine Neoplasms / surgery*