title: Cardiac lithomyxoma.
abstract: Among 102 consecutive cardiac myxomas, 10 (10%) showed heavy calcification both on gross inspection and on x-ray examination. Mineralization was partial in 6 patients (mean age 56.8 years) and massive stone-like in 4 (mean age 70 years); relevant histologic findings in patients with partial calcification were Gamma-Gandy bodies in 5, cartilaginous and bone metaplasia in 2, and aspecific calcium deposits in 1. All were incidental findings either at autopsy or during clinical investigation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology and Cardiovascular Surgery, University of Padua Medical School, Italy.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Basso
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Valente
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Casarotto
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Thiene
mesh_terms: D002114:Calcinosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009206:Myocardium / Q000473:pathology; D009232:Myxoma / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology