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Metastasizing atrial myxoma: a case with multiple subcutaneous tumours
Author(s) -
OKADA N.,
YAMAMURA T.,
KITANO Y.,
NAKAMURA T.,
KAMIDO H.,
MATSUZAWA Y.,
KATAYAMA S.,
OHARA K.
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
british journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.304
H-Index - 179
eISSN - 1365-2133
pISSN - 0007-0963
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2133.1986.tb05724.x
Subject(s) - myxoma , medicine , atrial myxoma , subcutaneous tissue , pathology , right atrial myxoma , heart neoplasms
SUMMARY We report a case with rapidly growing subcutaneous and intra‐muscular tumours that were identical histopathologically to a pre‐existing left atrial myxoma. No invasion of visceral organs or skeleton was found. This is a very rare case of metastasizing myxoma with wide dissemination and rapid metastastic growth, despite the benign appearance of the original tumour.