Familial cardiac myxoma: Carney's complex

Texas Heart Institute Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 80-82

  Mahilmaran, Asha ^a   Seshadri, Mukundan ^a   Nayar, Pradeep G ^a   Sudarsana, Gurijala ^a   Abraham, K A ^a  

^a Southern Railway Hospital India   (India)

Author keywords

Carney's complex; Endocrine diseases complications; Heart atrium ultrasonography; Heart neoplasms ultrasonography; Melanosis; Myxoma diagnosis; Myxoma genetics; Neoplasm recurrence local; Neoplasms, multiple primary; Pigmentation disorders

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARNEY COMPLEX; CASE REPORT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART MYXOMA; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; MALE; RECURRENT DISEASE; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SKIN TUMOR; TRICUSPID VALVE;

CHILD; FIBROMA; HEART NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MYXOMA; PIGMENTATION DISORDERS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SYNDROME;

EID: 0037221721     PISSN: 07302347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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