Left atrial myxoma with papillary fibroelastoma-like features

International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Pathology

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 307-311

  Agaimy, Abbas ^a   Strecker, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atrium; Calretinin; Myxoma; Papillary fibroelastoma

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FIBROMA; HEART TUMOR; HUMAN; MALE; MYXOMA; PATHOLOGY;

AGED; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FIBROMA; HEART NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MYXOMA;

EID: 80051627714     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19362625     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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