Fine-needle aspiration of a primary right atrial myxoma.

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Cardiac myxomas are rare neoplasms usually diagnosed by echocardiography. Preoperative tissue diagnosis is usually not obtained because of the location of these neoplasms. Their cytologic appearance has only been reported from touch imprints of operative specimens or aspirates of metastatic deposits. We report the cytologic appearance of a right atrial myxoma characterized by bland spindle cells and fragments of myxoid debris.

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Duke Authors

Dodd, Leslie Gail

Cited Authors

Layfield, LJ; Dodd, LG

Published Date

March 1996

Published In

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volume / Issue

14 / 2

Start / End Page

162 - 164

PubMed ID

8964174

International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)

8755-1039

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

10.1002/(SICI)1097-0339(199603)14:2<162::AID-DC11>3.0.CO;2-K

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United States

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