Cardiac myxoma with glandular elements: a histologic, histochemical, and immunohistochemical evaluation.
Epithelial differentiation in cardiac myxoma is a rare phenomenon. Out of 104 surgically excised specimens, we studied 3 cases of cardiac myxoma with glandular differentiation. All the cases had well formed glands in addition to the myxoma cells lying in a myxoid background. Detailed histochemical and immunohistochemical studies suggest that the epithelial islands in cardiac myxoma show an enteric phenotype.
Chopra
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Department of Pathology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi. premchopra@hotmail.com
Ray
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Singh
M K
MK
Venugopal
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D006325:Heart Atria / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D009232:Myxoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology*; D009375:Neoplasms, Glandular and Epithelial / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology