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Ossifying cardiac myxoma with neovascularity.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  15875557     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
We report a 64-year-old man with ossifying cardiac myxoma which radiographically demonstrated visible calcification. A lateral chest radiograph showed abnormal calcification in the cardiac shadow. Two-dimensional and transesophageal echocardiography revealed a heterogeneous mass with a hyperechoic lesion in the left artium. A coronary angiogram showed a neovascular formation extending from the coronary arteries to the tumor. The resected tumor was composed of round or spindle shaped cells with myxoid stroma, accompanied by extensive calcification and ossification containing fatty and hematopoietic marrow tissue. Although a left atrial calcified myxoma is less common than a right sided myxoma, and such radiographically detectable calcified tumors are rare, the presence of radiographic visualized calcification in the cardiac shadow should be ruled out for left as well as right atrial myxomas.
Authors:
Takahiro Nishida; Yukihiro Tomita; Keisuke Mizobe; Kosuke Inokuchi; Kenji Sunagawa; Shigeki Morita
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Case Reports; Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  The Japanese journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery : official publication of the Japanese Association for Thoracic Surgery = Nihon Kyōbu Geka Gakkai zasshi     Volume:  53     ISSN:  1344-4964     ISO Abbreviation:  Jpn. J. Thorac. Cardiovasc. Surg.     Publication Date:  2005 Apr 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2005-05-06     Completed Date:  2005-05-26     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  100884261     Medline TA:  Jpn J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg     Country:  Japan    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  210-2     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Kyushu University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Fukuoka, Japan.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Cardiac Surgical Procedures
Coronary Angiography
Diagnosis, Differential
Echocardiography, Transesophageal
Heart Atria*
Heart Neoplasms / diagnosis*,  radiography,  surgery,  ultrasonography
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Myxoma / diagnosis*,  radiography,  surgery,  ultrasonography
Ossification, Heterotopic / diagnosis*,  radiography,  surgery,  ultrasonography

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