"Myxoma" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A benign neoplasm derived from connective tissue, consisting chiefly of polyhedral and stellate cells that are loosely embedded in a soft mucoid matrix, thereby resembling primitive mesenchymal tissue. It occurs frequently intramuscularly where it may be mistaken for a sarcoma. It appears also in the jaws and the skin. (From Stedman, 25th ed)
Descriptor ID |
D009232
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MeSH Number(s) |
C04.557.450.565.550
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Concept/Terms |
Myxoma- Myxoma
- Myxomas
- Angiomyxoma
- Angiomyxomas
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2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2005 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2010 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2015 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Myxoma" by people in Profiles.
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Liu CK, Williamson JE, Milman T, Lally SE, Shields CL. Intramuscular Eyelid Myxoma. Ophthalmic Plast Reconstr Surg. 2022 Nov-Dec 01; 38(6):e180-e183.
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Milman T, Salomao DR, Ida CM, Capiz Correa DR, Grossniklaus HE, Zhang Q, Hamershock RA, Shields C, Shields JA, Raber I, Rapuano CJ, Patel R, Eagle RC. Conjunctival Myxoid Lesions: Clinical-Pathologic Multiparametric Analysis, Including Molecular Genetics (An American Ophthalmological Society Thesis). Am J Ophthalmol. 2019 09; 205:115-131.
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Babs Animashaun I, Akinseye OA, Akinseye LI, Akinboboye OO. Right Atrial Myxoma and Syncope. Am J Case Rep. 2015 Sep 21; 16:645-7.
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Shah IK, Dearani JA, Daly RC, Suri RM, Park SJ, Joyce LD, Li Z, Schaff HV. Cardiac Myxomas: A 50-Year Experience With Resection and Analysis of Risk Factors for Recurrence. Ann Thorac Surg. 2015 Aug; 100(2):495-500.
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Vega RA, Chan JL, Anene-Maidoh TI, Grimes MM, Reavey-Cantwell JF. Mechanical thrombectomy for pediatric stroke arising from an atrial myxoma: case report. J Neurosurg Pediatr. 2015 Mar; 15(3):301-5.
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Sardar MR, Lahoti A, Khaji A, Saeed W, Maqsood K, Zegel HG, Romanelli JE, McGeehin FC. Recurrent right ventricular cardiac myxoma in a patient with Carney complex: a case report. J Med Case Rep. 2014 May 02; 8:134.
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Bullock-Palmer RP, Tak V, Mitchell JE. Mitral valve annular bacterial vegetative mass masquerading as a left atrial myxoma. Echocardiography. 2010 Jul; 27(6):E62-4.
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Katz MG, Finkelshtein V, Raichman DB, Dekel H, Lampl Y, Sasson L. Surgical resection of left atrial myxoma presenting with acute multiple hemorrhagic cerebral infarctions: a case report. Heart Surg Forum. 2008; 11(3):E169-71.
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Demirci H, Shields CL, Eagle RC, Shields JA. Report of a conjunctival myxoma case and review of the literature. Arch Ophthalmol. 2006 May; 124(5):735-8.
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Fetsch JF, Laskin WB, Miettinen M. Nerve sheath myxoma: a clinicopathologic and immunohistochemical analysis of 57 morphologically distinctive, S-100 protein- and GFAP-positive, myxoid peripheral nerve sheath tumors with a predilection for the extremities and a high local recurrence rate. Am J Surg Pathol. 2005 Dec; 29(12):1615-24.