Mucin-producing adenocarcinoma arising in an atrial myxoma

Annals of Diagnostic Pathology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 104-107

  Berger, Martin D ^a   Schneider, Jakob ^a   Ballmer, Peter E ^b   Eckhardt, Boris P ^a   Dommann Scherrer, Corina ^a  

^a CANTONAL HOSPITAL WINTERTHUR   (Switzerland)

^b Black Lion Hospital Addis Abeba   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Cardiac myxoma; Glandular differentiation; Malignant glands; Primary cardiac adenocarcinoma

Indexed keywords

CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN; CYTOKERATIN 20; KI 67 ANTIGEN; NEURON SPECIFIC ENOLASE; PROTEIN S 100; VIMENTIN;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATROPHY; BACKACHE; CASE REPORT; DIAPHYSIS; DYSPNEA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EOSINOPHIL; FEMALE; FEMUR FRACTURE; FEVER; HEART ATRIUM MYXOMA; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LEG EDEMA; LIPOMATOSIS; MICROSCOPY; PATHOLOGIC FRACTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORACIC SPINE;

ADENOCARCINOMA, MUCINOUS; AUTOPSY; CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HEART NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MUCINS; MYXOMA;

EID: 84870559012     PISSN: 10929134     EISSN: 15328198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anndiagpath.2012.02.002     Document Type: Article

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