Abstract
We report a right atrial myxoma which suddenly developed in a thalassemic patient after allogeneic bone marrow transplantation. The tumor was first detected by echocardiography on day +47 after transplant and the patient underwent surgical removal of the myxoma on day +103. The post-operative course was uneventful, and at more than 3 years from the event, he is alive and well, cured from his congenital disease, with no detectable intra-cardiac tumor. The onset of the myxoma in the early post-transplant period and the extremely high velocity of growth suggest a possible relationship of this condition with the immunosuppressive status.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 825-827 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| Journal | Bone Marrow Transplantation |
| Volume | 21 |
| Issue number | 8 |
| Publication status | Published - Apr 2 1998 |
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Keywords
- BMT
- Myxoma
- Thalassemia
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Hematology
- Transplantation
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Baronciani, D., Angelucci, E., Polchi, P., Martinelli, F., Mariotti, E., Marzocchi, A., Longo, M., Poggi, S., Pileri, S., & Lucarelli, G. (1998). An unusual marrow transplant complication: Cardiac myxoma. Bone Marrow Transplantation, 21(8), 825-827.