title: Cardiac myxoma with Gamna-Gandy bodies: case report with MR imaging.
abstract: We describe a patient with a left atrial tumor that showed very unusual magnetic resonance (MR) imaging features. Postsurgical histologic examination showed characteristics of myxoma, and Gamna-Gandy bodies were found in the tumor. We believe that the unusual MR appearance was caused by the hemosiderin in the Gamna-Gandy bodies.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Watanabe
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Takazawa
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Wada
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hirano
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yamaguchi
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hosoda
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Katayama
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000473:pathology; D002467:Cell Nucleus / Q000648:ultrastructure; D003593:Cytoplasm / Q000648:ultrastructure; D004912:Erythrocytes / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D015743:Giant Cells, Foreign-Body / Q000473:pathology; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000473:pathology; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D006346:Heart Septum / Q000473:pathology; D006470:Hemorrhage / Q000473:pathology; D006485:Hemosiderin; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D009232:Myxoma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000648:ultrastructure
chemical_list: D006485:Hemosiderin