Atrial Myxoma: histological Confirmation
Atrial myxoma is uncommon, with an overall prevalence in the developed world of 0.02%.1 It is often undiagnosed until complications such as cardiac death or stroke occur. The incidence of primitive tumours of the heart at autopsy is between 0.0017% and 0.03%, and of these 50% are myxomas. 12 We desc...
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The Journal of the Asia Pacific Heart Association, BMJ Publishing
2011
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| Online Access: | http://irep.iium.edu.my/5108/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/5108/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/5108/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/5108/1/Atrial_Myxoma_Histological_Dx.pdf |
| Summary: | Atrial myxoma is uncommon, with an overall prevalence in the developed world of 0.02%.1 It is often undiagnosed until complications such as cardiac death or stroke occur. The incidence of primitive tumours of the heart at autopsy is between 0.0017% and 0.03%, and of these 50% are myxomas. 12 We describe a case of left atrial myxoma which was only diagnosed after histopathological examination. |
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