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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Thorac Cardiovasc Surg Rep 2024; 13(01): e25-e28
DOI: 10.1055/a-2334-7158
Case Report: Cardiac

Transcaval and Intracardiac Extension of Type A Thymoma and Myxoma: A Report of Two Rare Cases

1   Department of Adult and Pediatric Cardiovascular Surgery, University Hospital of Giessen and Marburg, Giessen, Germany
2   Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Berufsgenossenschaftliches Universitätsklinikum Bergmannsheil, Bochum, Germany
,
Lili-Marie Beier
1   Department of Adult and Pediatric Cardiovascular Surgery, University Hospital of Giessen and Marburg, Giessen, Germany
,
Vadim Moustafine
2   Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Berufsgenossenschaftliches Universitätsklinikum Bergmannsheil, Bochum, Germany
,
Matthias Bechtel
2   Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Berufsgenossenschaftliches Universitätsklinikum Bergmannsheil, Bochum, Germany
,
Justus T. Strauch
2   Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Berufsgenossenschaftliches Universitätsklinikum Bergmannsheil, Bochum, Germany
,
Andreas Boening
1   Department of Adult and Pediatric Cardiovascular Surgery, University Hospital of Giessen and Marburg, Giessen, Germany
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Abstract

We report two cases of rare invasive tumors presenting with transvenous and intracardiac extensions. In one instance, an unusual invasive thymoma type A penetrated into the heart chamber; the other case was an extension of a myxoma into the right atrium that was associated with superior vena cava syndrome. Our interest was stimulated by the rarity of these clinicopathological observations and the unusual clinical features of diagnostic and therapeutic methods presented by these cases.

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Publication History

Received: 23 January 2024

Accepted: 01 May 2024

Accepted Manuscript online:
28 May 2024

Article published online:
25 June 2024

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