title: Glandular cardiac myxoma: case report with literature review.
abstract: Glandular cardiac myxoma is rare, representing only 5% of cardiac myxomas. A 51-year-old female developed embolic events caused by left atrial myxoma. She underwent myxoma resection and had an uneventful postoperative course. Histology of the resected myxoma revealed a glandular cardiac myxoma. In this article, the peculiar case was presented and the origin of cardiac myxoma was discussed.
authors.affiliation: 1st Hospital of Putian, Teaching Hospital, Fujian Medical University, Putian, Fujian Province, People's Republic of China. shi_min_yuan@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: S-M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Yuan