Myxoma: Causes, Symptoms & Treatment - Cleveland Clinic
2022年5月31日 · Most myxomas are known as atrial myxomas because they form in your upper heart chambers. The rest (8%) form in your ventricles (lower chambers). Myxomas usually …
Cardiac myxoma - Wikipedia
A myxoma is a rare benign tumor of the heart. Myxomata are the most common primary cardiac tumor in adults, and are most commonly found within the left atrium near the valve of the fossa …
Pathology Outlines - Cardiac myxoma
2023年6月21日 · Cardiac myxoma is a rare and benign tumor, distinct from soft tissue myxoma, most often occurring as a solitary, sporadic, pedunculated mass in the left atrium; …
Aortic valve myxoma-A systematic review of published cases
Results: Aortic valve myxomas were more prevalent in young (mean age 41 years) male (75%) patients. It most commonly involved the right coronary cusp (50%). Cerebrovascular events …
Myxoma: What Is It, Causes, Diagnosis, Treatment | Osmosis
2024年1月3日 · Myxoma is a noncancerous tumor that arises from connective tissue, which is tissue that connects and supports other tissues all over the body. Most frequently, myxomas …
Cardiac Myxoma: The Great Mimicker - JACC: Cardiovascular …
Cardiac myxoma is the most common primary cardiac neoplasm in adults. They most commonly arise within the left atrium, but may arise from other cardiac chambers, rarely from the valves. …
Cardiac Myxomas | New England Journal of Medicine
1995年12月14日 · Ventricular myxomas may mimic stenosis of the aortic or pulmonic valve because of the narrowing of the left or right ventricular outflow tract, respectively, and may …
Myxomas - Myxomas - Merck Manual Consumer Version
A myxoma is a noncancerous primary heart tumor, usually irregular in shape and jellylike in consistency. People may feel short of breath or faint, or they may have fever or weight loss. …
Clinical presentation and treatment of cardiac myxoma in 153 patients
Cardiac myxoma (CM) is the most common tumor accounting for about 50% of the primary cardiac neoplasms. Diagnosis of CM has been established by transthoracic echocardiography …
Aortic valve myxoma at the extreme age: a review of literature
2014年3月18日 · Aortic myxoma can embolise leading to myocardial infarction, stroke and limb ischaemia. This is the first ever case reported of aortic myxoma at 81 years of age.