Tratamento cirúrgico de mixoma do cora？？o duplamente recidivado, em paciente testemunha de Jeová: relato de caso

recurrence of cardiac myxoma after excision is uncommon. the complete excision of the base of the tumor from the heart wall prevents its recurrence. in cases without wide resections , the probability of tumor recurrence rises. the authors report the case of a 26 year old male patient with recurrent left atrium myxoma presenting on two occasions. the patient was admitted with a left atrium tumor. echocardiogram disclosed a tumor in interatrial septum. the patient is a jehova's witness and did not receive whole blood or any blood products during the hospital stay. at operation a gelatinous mass fixed on interatrial septum was found. a wide resection was done, including the septal insertion of the tumor. pathological examination revealed it to be a cardiac myxoma.