Primary cardiac neoplasms are very rare as compared to metastatic tumors. 70% to 80% of them are benign myxomas. Complications of myxomas include cyst and microabscess formation, embolization, syncope and sudden death. Rarely, cardiac myxomas are associated with primary nodular adrenal cortical disease, mammary fibroadenomas, testicular tumors or pitiutary adenomas with gigantism or acromegaly known as Carney's syndrome. We present a patient with a left atrial myxoma who underwent reoperation associated with Carney's syndrome.
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Whittington Hospital, London N19 5NF, Magdala AvenueRoyal Brompton Hospital, National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, London SW3 6NP, Sydney Street