• J. Heart Lung Transplant. · Aug 2007

    Case Reports

    Myxoma of donor origin in a transplanted heart.

    • Blanka Dufková, Ivan Málek, Yevheniya Vymetalová, Lenka Hosková, Ivo Skalský, Jan Pirk, Jana Vrbská, Tomás Marek, Romana Bohuslavová, Jaroslav Hubácek, and Josef Kautzner.
    • Department of Cardiology and Cardiosurgery, Institute for Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Prague, Czech Republic. blanicka.d@seznam.cz <blanicka.d@seznam.cz>
    • J. Heart Lung Transplant. 2007 Aug 1; 26 (8): 865-7.

    AbstractMyxomas are the most common primary cardiac tumors but their presence in the transplanted heart is extremely rare. We report a case of left atrial myxoma in a patient after heart transplantation. DNA analysis confirmed a donor origin. To our knowledge, this is the first report of myxoma of donor origin in a transplanted heart.

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