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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iium-51082013-06-26T06:59:37Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/5108/ Atrial Myxoma: histological Confirmation Ngow, Harris Abdullah Wan Mohd Nowalid, Wan Khairina RB Pathology RC Internal medicine 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. The Journal of the Asia Pacific Heart Association, BMJ Publishing 2011-06-03 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/5108/1/Atrial_Myxoma_Histological_Dx.pdf Ngow, Harris Abdullah and Wan Mohd Nowalid, Wan Khairina (2011) Atrial Myxoma: histological Confirmation. Heart Asia, 3 (1). pp. 43-44. http://heartasia.bmj.com DOI:10.1136/ha.2010.003046 |
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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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Ngow, Harris Abdullah Wan Mohd Nowalid, Wan Khairina |
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Atrial Myxoma: histological Confirmation |
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Atrial Myxoma: histological Confirmation |
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Atrial Myxoma: histological Confirmation |
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Atrial Myxoma: histological Confirmation |
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Atrial Myxoma: histological Confirmation |
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atrial myxoma: histological confirmation |
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The Journal of the Asia Pacific Heart Association, BMJ Publishing |
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2011 |
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