title: [Cardiac myxoma: anatomic and clinical description of four cases (author's transl)].
abstract: Four cases of cardiac myxoma diagnosed among 68 solid intracavitary cardiac formations are described. The myxomas (all unexpected autopsy findings of the left atrium) are illustrated by their clinica, macroscopic, histologic and histochemic characteristics. The differences between heart myxomas and thrombi are briefly outline and discussed.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001344:Autopsy; D005260:Female; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D006349:Heart Valve Diseases / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000150:complications; D009232:Myxoma / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D011660:Pulmonary Heart Disease / Q000150:complications; D013194:Staining and Labeling
vernacular_title: Mixoma cardiaco Presentazione anatomo-clinica di quattro casi