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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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Main Authors: Ngow, Harris Abdullah, Wan Mohd Nowalid, Wan Khairina
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Published: The Journal of the Asia Pacific Heart Association, BMJ Publishing 2011
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RC Internal medicine
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spelling my.iium.irep.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 REM 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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topic RB Pathology
RC Internal medicine
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RC Internal medicine
Ngow, Harris Abdullah
Wan Mohd Nowalid, Wan Khairina
Atrial Myxoma: histological Confirmation
description 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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author Ngow, Harris Abdullah
Wan Mohd Nowalid, Wan Khairina
author_facet Ngow, Harris Abdullah
Wan Mohd Nowalid, Wan Khairina
author_sort Ngow, Harris Abdullah
title Atrial Myxoma: histological Confirmation
title_short Atrial Myxoma: histological Confirmation
title_full Atrial Myxoma: histological Confirmation
title_fullStr Atrial Myxoma: histological Confirmation
title_full_unstemmed Atrial Myxoma: histological Confirmation
title_sort atrial myxoma: histological confirmation
publisher The Journal of the Asia Pacific Heart Association, BMJ Publishing
publishDate 2011
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/5108/1/Atrial_Myxoma_Histological_Dx.pdf
http://irep.iium.edu.my/5108/
http://heartasia.bmj.com
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