title: Left atrial myxoma: diagnosis, treatment, and cytological observations.
abstract: A patient first seen with cardiac cachexia was found to have a large left atrial myxoma. The diagnosis was first suggested by echocardiographic examination. Cure was achieved by surgery. Light and electron microscopic studies indicate a multipotential mesenchymal cell origin of myxomata.
mesh_terms: D006328:Cardiac Catheterization; D004452:Echocardiography; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005260:Female; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000648:ultrastructure; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D008875:Middle Aged; D009232:Myxoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery