Gamna body of the heart.
A patient with cerebral strokes had a cardiac tumour excised. Histologically, it was an infarcted myxoma with features of a Gamna body. Findings are compared with other cardiac Gamna bodies reported in the literature. Most probably represent unusual degenerative changes in a myxoma.
D000368:Aged; D002561:Cerebrovascular Disorders / Q000150:complications; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009232:Myxoma / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*