PMID- 18980220
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20090113
LR  - 20081222
IS  - 1096-9098 (Electronic)
IS  - 0022-4790 (Linking)
VI  - 99
IP  - 1
DP  - 2009 Jan 1
TI  - Clinical analysis and surgical results of cardiac myxoma in pediatric patients.
PG  - 48-50
LID - 10.1002/jso.21175 [doi]
AB  - BACKGROUND: Cardiac myxoma, the most common primary tumor in the adult, is less 
      often encountered in infants and children. We reviewed our series of children 
      with cardiac myxoma over a 22-year period and present the long-term results of 
      surgical resection of the tumor. PATIENTS AND METHODS: From January 1985 to 
      December 2006, 15 children between the ages of 5 months and 14 years (mean age, 
      6.5 years) with cardiac myxoma were reviewed. Follow-up information from every 
      patient was obtained from outpatient records and direct patient contact. RESULTS: 
      Cardiac signs appeared in 86.7% of the patients. Most myxomas originated from the 
      left atrium. There was no operative death. No patients were lost to follow-up, 
      and the mean follow-up was 9.6 years. There were no late deaths during the 
      follow-up. To date, 13 of 15 operative survivors were in New York Heart 
      Association (NYHA) functional class I without medication and the other 2 were in 
      class II. All patients demonstrated sinus rhythm and no child required reexcision 
      of tumor. CONCLUSIONS: Our clinical experience showed surgical resection was a 
      safe and effective treatment for cardiac myxoma in pediatric patients and the 
      risk of recurrence was low during the long term follow-up.
FAU - Wu, Kai Hong
AU  - Wu KH
AD  - Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Nanjing Children's Hospital, Nanjing 
      Medical University, Nanjing, China. pumcwu@yahoo.com.cn
FAU - Mo, Xu Ming
AU  - Mo XM
FAU - Liu, Ying Long
AU  - Liu YL
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - United States
TA  - J Surg Oncol
JT  - Journal of surgical oncology
JID - 0222643
SB  - IM
MH  - Adolescent
MH  - Cardiopulmonary Bypass
MH  - Child
MH  - Child, Preschool
MH  - Heart Neoplasms/diagnosis/*surgery
MH  - Humans
MH  - Hypothermia, Induced
MH  - Infant
MH  - Myxoma/diagnosis/*surgery
MH  - Treatment Outcome
EDAT- 2008/11/05 09:00
MHDA- 2009/01/14 09:00
CRDT- 2008/11/05 09:00
PHST- 2008/11/05 09:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2008/11/05 09:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2009/01/14 09:00 [medline]
AID - 10.1002/jso.21175 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - J Surg Oncol. 2009 Jan 1;99(1):48-50. doi: 10.1002/jso.21175.