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| Year : 2019 | Volume
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| Issue : 2 | Page : 119-121 |
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Cardiac myxoma with glandular elements: An unusual histologic variant with a brief review of the literature
Biswajit Dey1, Vandana Raphael1, Yookarin Khonglah1, Prasad Kalita Jyoti2
1 Department of Pathology, North Eastern Indira Gandhi Regional Institute of Health and Medical Sciences, Shillong, Meghalaya, India
2 Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, North Eastern Indira Gandhi Regional Institute of Health and Medical Sciences, Shillong, Meghalaya, India
Correspondence Address:
Dr. Biswajit Dey
Department of Pathology, North Eastern Indira Gandhi Regional Institute of Health and Medical Sciences, Shillong - 793 018, Meghalaya
India
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DOI: 10.4103/jpcs.jpcs_29_19
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Cardiac myxoma with glandular elements is an unusual histologic variant of cardiac myxoma and constitutes 2%–5% of all cardiac myxomas. Here, we report a case of cardiac myxoma with glandular elements in a 34-year-old male, who presented with right-sided hemiparesis following a cardiovascular attack 2 months back. Echocardiography revealed a large right atrial mass measuring 3.5 cm × 3.5 cm × 2 cm. Under cardiopulmonary bypass, left atrial mass was excised. Histopathological and immunohistochemical examination of the mass confirmed the diagnosis of cardiac myxoma with glandular elements. It is important to recognize this variant to avoid misdiagnosis of metastatic adenocarcinoma due to its rarity as well as due to its unusual morphological features.
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