Embolic and metastatic cardiac myxoma.
This paper presents a case of a cardiac myxoma with cutaneous emboli. The diagnosis of a cardiac lesion was anticipated after the histologic examination of a skin lesion. The first clue to the existence of a cardiac myxoma was a distinctive intravascular lesion of a dermal vessel. The clinical and pathologic features of cardiac myxoma are discussed. In addition, new evidence regarding the nature of a previously reported case of metastasizing cardiac myxoma is also presented.
Reed
R J
RJ
Department of Pathology, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana 70112.
Utz
M P
MP
Terezakis
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D000328:Adult; D004617:Embolism / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000556:secondary; D006801:Humans; D009232:Myxoma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000556:secondary; D012867:Skin / Q000473:pathology