title: Cutaneous emboli of atrial myxoma:  unusual case report and review of the literature.
abstract: Cardiac myxomas are difficult to diagnose, not only because of a lack of specific systemic symptoms but also because, even in those cases presenting with embolic disease, emboli are exceptional. The skin is one of the organs most frequently involved by myxomatous emboli. We report an extraordinary case in which emboli of a cardiac myxoma was present in the skin biopsy, but "camouflaged" among the normal Vater-Pacini corpuscles of the palm of the hand, We also review the existing literature on myxomatous emboli identified in skin biopsies.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Hospital Universitario La Paz, Madrid, Spain. alonsodecelada@gmail.com
authors.forename: Ricardo M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Alonso de Celada
authors.forename: Paola
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Maldonado Cid
authors.forename: María J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Beato
authors.forename: Pedro
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Herranz Pinto
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001706:Biopsy; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures; D005260:Female; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000473:pathology; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009232:Myxoma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D009360:Neoplastic Cells, Circulating / Q000473:pathology*; D010141:Pacinian Corpuscles / Q000473:pathology; D012867:Skin / Q000473:pathology*; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary*; D016896:Treatment Outcome