An unusual marrow transplant complication: cardiac myxoma

Bone Marrow Transplant. 1998 Apr;21(8):825-7. doi: 10.1038/sj.bmt.1701183.

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.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Bone Marrow Transplantation / adverse effects*
  • Heart Neoplasms / etiology*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Myxoma / etiology*