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Cardiac myxoma: A report of two cases and review of the literature [PDF]

Radiology Case Reports
Cardiac myxoma is the most common benign primary tumor of the heart, with 75%-85% of cases occurring in the left atrium. According to the etiology and genetics, cardiac myxomas are divided into sporadic cardiac myxomas and familial or syndrome-related ...
Xiang-Su Xue, MD, Jin-Yu Liang, MD, Shi-Jun Bao, MD, Hong-Feng Ma, MD, Bin Zhan, MD, Yu Liu, MD   +5 more
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Diagnosis and results of treatment of heart myxoma [PDF]

Vojnosanitetski Pregled, 2011
Background/Aim. Myxoma is the most common benign primary cardiac neoplasm, and usually originates from the left atrial septum. Early diagnosis of cardiac myxomas depends on a high index of a clinical suspicion. Surgical management must be done as soon
Rafajlovski Sašo, Ilić Radoje, Gligić Branko, Kanjuh Vladimir, Tatić Vujadin, Ristić Anđelka, Obradović Slobodan, Matunović Radomir, Prcović Biljana   +8 more
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Familial hereditary cardiac myxoma: report of three cases and literature review [PDF]

BMC Cardiovascular Disorders
Background Cardiac myxoma, the most common primary benign cardiac tumor, carries a risk of embolization and can be life-threatening. It typically arises in the left atrium but may involve any cardiac chamber. Myxomas may occur sporadically, have familial
Qian Yao, Bin Zhan, Huimin Liu, Liu Luo, Lin Tang   +4 more
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Villiform cardiac myxoma with atypical glandular differentiation in a young girl: a case report [PDF]

Journal of Medical Case Reports
Background Cardiac myxoma with glandular differentiation is a rare finding. It accounts for approximately ≤ 3% of all cardiac myxomas. The presence of cellular atypia resembling adenocarcinoma is an extremely rare finding in cardiac myxoma.
Sangram Keshari Behera, Debahuti Mohapatra, Debirupa De, Krishna Sai Sharan, Swagatika Samal   +4 more
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CARDIAC MYXOMA

e-Jurnal Medika Udayana, 2013
Myxoma is a benign primary tumor of the heart which is usually occurred in adult, which usually develop in the left atrium of the heart. In 1845, Cardiac Myxoma is first described by the expert. Myxoma, an endocrine neoplasm which usually begins from the
Yutina Himawan, Ketut Putu Yasa, Sri Maliawan   +2 more
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Cardiac Myxoma [PDF]

Autopsy and Case Reports, 2016
Primary cardiac tumors (PCT) are rare, accounting for 0.0017-0.03% in autopsy series,1,2 in contrast to metastatic tumors of the heart, which are 30 times more frequent.3,4 Nearly 75% of PCT are benign and most often represented by a myxoma in 50% of cases in the adult population.5 The World Health Organization defines a cardiac myxoma (CM) as a ...
Vera Demarchi Aiello, Fernando Peixoto Ferraz de Campos   +1 more
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A 20-year single community-based tertiary care center’s experience with cardiac myxomas

International Journal of Cardiology: Heart & Vasculature, 2022
We analyzed 54 cases of cardiac myxoma (n = 40) and non-myxoma (n = 14) diagnosed at a single community-based tertiary care center over 20 years. The data were retrospectively collected for patients between the period January 2000 and September 2020 from
Dhivya Velu, Usha Yendrapalli, Qurrat-ul-ain Aziz, Taylor Steuber, Abdulwahab Hritani   +4 more
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Left Atrial Myxoma Presenting As a Stroke – An Unusual Case Scenario [PDF]

Perspectives In Medical Research, 2021
The most common benign cardiac tumor is cardiac myxoma,accounting for around 50% of all primary cardiac tumors. Cardiac myxoma is an uncommon cause ofcardioembolic stroke.Overall,cardioembolic stroke accounts for approximately 30% of all ischemic ...
Mounika Pinninti1 , B.Syandhika1 ,Kasturi Ravinder Reddy2 ,Nikhil Mudgalkar3 ,Ashish Baviskar4
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Infected Left Atrial Myxoma Presenting Without Bacterial Growth on Blood Cultures: A Case Report

Journal of Chest Surgery, 2023
Although cardiac myxoma is one of the most common types of benign cardiac tumors, infected cardiac myxoma is very infrequent. The diagnosis of infected cardiac myxoma may be challenging because the presenting symptoms are non-specific and established ...
Shi A Kim, WonKyung Pyo, Sung-Ho Jung
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Cardiac Myxoma with Cerebral Metastases and Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia/Small Lymphocytic Lymphoma: A Case Report and Review

Journal of Neurological Surgery Reports, 2020
Background Cardiac myxomas, the most common primary cardiac tumors, are generally benign neoplasms. Primary cardiac lymphoma is a rare cardiac malignancy with a very poor prognosis.
Jared A. Maas, Manuel Menes, Vitaly Siomin   +2 more
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