Right atrial myxoma with glandular differentiation: A rare entity in pediatric age group

• Main Authors: Das Prasenjit (Author), Shukla Bhaskar (Author), Kothari S (Author), Devagourou V (Author), Ray Ruma (Author), Mallick Saumya (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Cardiac myxomas (CMs) account for nearly half of the primary cardiac tumors in the elderly. They arise from sub-endocardial "reserve" or "lepidic" cells, which may show divergent differentiation. We describe a CM with glandular differentiation in the right atrium of a 10-year-old...