OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study is to compare the effectiveness and safety of thoracoscopic surgery and traditional median sternotomy. PATIENTS AND METHODS 64 patients with atrial myxoma and 114 patients with atrial septal defect were collected from Mar 2012 to Aug 2015. 40 atrial myxoma and 77 atrial septal defect (ASD) patients underwent totally thoracoscopic surgery technique, while 24...

BACKGROUND Atypical cardiac myxomas are a rare occurrence and may present with a variety of clinical manifestations depending on the morphology and location. CASE PRESENTATION Two cases of cardiac myxomas atypically located in asymptomatic patients, diagnosed by transthoracic and transoesophageal echocardiography, are presented. In the first case a myxoma is located under the anterior mitral ...

AIMS To compare the expression of S100 protein, alpha-smooth muscle actin (alpha-SMA) and keratin 19 in odontogenic myxomas and non-odontogenic myxoid lesions. METHODS Formalin fixed, paraffin wax embedded tissue from seven odontogenic myxomas, three soft tissue myxomas, six hyperplastic myxoid dental follicles, two intramuscular myxomas, 12 cardiac myxomas, and seven normal dental follicles ...

Myxoma is the most common primary cardiac tumor and is usually located in the left atrium. Clinical manifestation relies in large part on the size, location, and architecture of the tumor. There are many reports in the literature of cardiac myxomas causing syncope, embolism, even myocardial infarction. We present a rare case of a patient who underwent urgent surgical resection of a large left a...

Heretofore, the presence of myxoma of the heart could only be suspected during life. Angiocardiography in three cases, one early in life; one in the fifth; and the other in the sixth decade revealed characteristic left atrial filling defects. Subsequent surgical exploration with removal of fragments of the tumor in two instances confirmed the diagnosis of myxoma. Two patients failed to survive ...

Abstract Introduction: Carney complex is a rare autosomal dominant disorder characterized by pigmented lesions of skin and mucosae, endocrine neoplasms or overactivity, myxomas the heart, skin, other organs. Most patients have at least two affected organs time diagnosis. We present case with involvement limited to thyroid gland. Case: A 48-year-old female was referred for evaluation nodules inc...