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Left Atrial Myxoma Mimicking Mitral Stenosis

, 2012
Cardiac myxoma is a benign (non-malignant) neoplasm that represents the most common primary tumour of the heart. We present the case of a 36 year old woman with background hypertension who presented with features of left ventricular failure and seizures,
Dike B Ojji, Zaiyad Habib, Odiase Omonua, Manmak H Mamven, Hamamatu Osaze, Karen Sliwa   +5 more
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The benign nature and rare occurrence of cardiac myxoma as a possible consequence of the limited cardiac proliferative/ regenerative potential: a systematic review

BMC Cancer, 2023
Background Cardiac Myxoma is a primary tumor of heart. Its origins, rarity of the occurrence of primary cardiac tumors and how it may be related to limited cardiac regenerative potential, are not yet entirely known.
Ovais Shafi, Ghazia Siddiqui, Hassam A. Jaffry   +2 more
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Glandular cardiac myxoma: case report with literature review

, 2014
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.
Yuan, S.-M.; 1st Hospital of Putian, Teaching Hospital, Fujian Medical University, Putian, Fujian Province, People’s Republic of China
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SURGICAL EXPERIENCE WITH INTRACARDIAC MYXOMAS [PDF]

Acta Medica Iranica, 2007
Cardiac myxoma is generally considered to be a surgical emergency. Surgical excision must be done as soon as possible after diagnosis because of the high risk of valve obstruction or systemic embolization.
N. Safaei, N. Maghamipour E. Karimian   +1 more
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Immunohistochemical characterization of glandular elements in glandular cardiac myxoma: Study of six cases

Indian Journal of Pathology and Microbiology, 2017
Back ground: Glandular cardiac myxoma has varying clinical presentation with uncertain histogenesis and debatable immunohistochemical profile. Glandular epithelial differentiations are rare phenomenon known to be present as an intrinsic component of the ...
Devajit Nath, Sudheer Arava, Ruma Ray, Amol Kumar Bhoje, Rachit Saxena, Shiv Kumar Chaudhary   +5 more
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On the histogenesis of cardiac myxoma

Arkhiv patologii, 2018
to investigate the morphological and phenotypic features of cardiac myxoma (CM), to discuss argumentative issues on the sources of its growth.The investigation included 176 sporadic and familial myxomas originating from different cardiac chambers (96% from the atria).
Rogov K.A., Kaktursky L.V., Mikhailova L.P.   +2 more
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Infected left atrial myxoma with Streptococcus gordonii: case report and literature review

Frontiers in Oncology
Cardiac myxoma is a relatively common type of benign heart tumor, but infectious myxoma is rare. The symptoms of non-infected cardiac myxoma and infected cardiac myxoma are similar and mostly nonspecific, which can easily lead to delayed diagnosis ...
Liqin Ruan, Shixiong Chen, Jing Zhang, Guiping Peng   +3 more
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Cardiac MR assessment of cardiac myxomas [PDF]

The British Journal of Radiology, 2015
Cardiac myxomas are the most common benign primary cardiac tumour to present in adulthood. While most patients present with symptoms of cardiac obstruction, embolic phenomena or constitutional impairment, up to a fifth of patients remain asymptomatic and are incidentally diagnosed on imaging.
A, Abbas, K A G, Garfath-Cox, I W, Brown, J S, Shambrook, C R, Peebles, S P, Harden   +5 more
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Cardiac myxoma with cartilaginous differentiation-An uncommon variant presented as mitral stenosis

Indian Journal of Pathology and Microbiology, 2019
The estimated incidence of primary cardiac tumors is extremely rare. Among it, cardiac myxoma represents the most common benign cardiac tumor constituting about 80% of cases. We are presenting a 30–year-old female with large left atrial myxoma.
Sunil V Jagtap, Pravin Salunkhe, Avinash Mane, Sujata Kumbhar, Purva Mayekar, Saswati Boral   +5 more
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Myxomatous cause of multiple intracranial aneurysms and cognitive decline: a case report

The Egyptian Heart Journal
Background The occurrence of cerebral aneurysm in a case of cardiac myxoma is rare with less than 60 cases reported worldwide. The course of management is still debatable given its rarity. We present a case of multiple intracranial aneurysms secondary to
Sudipta Mondal, Prabhu Selvaraj, Asish Vijayaraghavan, Viswanadh S. V. G. Kalaparti, Deepti Narasimhaiah   +4 more
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