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. 1980 Aug;4(4):391-9.
doi: 10.1097/00000478-198008000-00008.

Metastasizing atrial myxoma

I S Seo, T F Warner, R A Colyer, R F Winkler

Metastasizing atrial myxoma

I S Seo et al. Am J Surg Pathol. 1980 Aug.

Abstract

Tumors that were identical in morphology to a previously excised atrial myxoma were found in the choroid plexus and the scapula of a 46-year-old woman 8 and 10.5 years, respectively, after cardiac surgery. Ultrastructurally the scapular lesion resembled previously reported atrial myxomas. This case demonstrates that atrial myxoma is a true neoplasm capable of metastatic spread despite its slow growth and innocuous histologic appearance.

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