Cardiac myxoma with glandular elements: A clinicopathological and immunohistochemical study of five new cases with an emphasis on differential diagnosis

Pathology Research and Practice

Volumn 210, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 55-58

  Zhang, Minghui ^a   Ding, Li ^a   Liu, Yanhui ^b   Xue, Ling ^a  

^a THE FIRST AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b GUANGDONG PROVINCIAL PEOPLE'S HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Differential diagnosis; Glandular cardiac myxoma; Histopathology; Immunohistochemistry

Indexed keywords

CYTOKERATIN; CYTOKERATIN 7; CYTOKERATIN CAM2.5; EPITHELIAL MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; KERATIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GLANDULAR HEART MYXOMA; HEART MYXOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; RARE DISEASE; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; GLANDULAR CARDIAC MYXOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HEART NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYXOMA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84891487901     PISSN: 03440338     EISSN: 16180631     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prp.2013.09.018     Document Type: Article

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