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Glandular cardiac myxoma: case report with literature review
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Abstract
Glandular cardiac myxoma is rare, representing only 5% of cardiac myxomas. A 51-year-old female developed embolic events caused by left atrial myxoma. She underwent myxoma resection and had an uneventful postoperative course. Histology of the resected myxoma revealed a glandular cardiac myxoma. In this article, the peculiar case was presented and the origin of cardiac myxoma was discussed.
Abstract
Glandular cardiac myxoma is rare, representing only 5% of cardiac myxomas. A 51-year-old female developed embolic events caused by left atrial myxoma. She underwent myxoma resection and had an uneventful postoperative course. Histology of the resected myxoma revealed a glandular cardiac myxoma. In this article, the peculiar case was presented and the origin of cardiac myxoma was discussed.
Keywords
cell differentiation, heart neoplasms, immunohistochemistry
About this articleTitle
Glandular cardiac myxoma: case report with literature review
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Issue
Article type
Case report
Pages
374-382
Published online
2014-09-05
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DOI
10.5603/FM.2014.0056
Bibliographic record
Folia Morphol 2014;73(3):374-382.
Keywords
cell differentiation
heart neoplasms
immunohistochemistry
Authors
S.-M. Yuan
