"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 |
| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Myxoma" by people in Profiles.
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Renal myxoma in a pediatric transplant recipient. J Radiol Case Rep. 2017 Nov; 11(11):20-27.
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Left Ventricular Myxoma. J Pediatr. 2016 Jan; 168:249-249.e2.
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Developmental basis for filamin-A-associated myxomatous mitral valve disease. Cardiovasc Res. 2012 Oct 01; 96(1):109-19.
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External beam radiotherapy for perirectal angiomyxoma results in a dramatic clinical response and allows a patient to avoid abdominoperineal resection. Am J Clin Oncol. 2006 Jun; 29(3):318-9.
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Intramuscular low-grade myxoid neoplasm with recurrent potential (cellular myxoma) of the lower extremity: case report with cytohistologic correlation and review of the literature. Diagn Cytopathol. 2002 May; 26(5):301-5.
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[Diagnostic characteristics of myxoma of the left atrium]. Lijec Vjesn. 1990 Sep-Oct; 112(9-10):314-8.
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Aortic obstruction from embolizing cardiac myxoma. J S C Med Assoc. 1979 Jan; 75(1):7-10.
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Unusual aspects of atrial myxoma. Ann Surg. 1978 Aug; 188(2):240-4.
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Episodic central nervous system ischemia of undetermined cause: relation to occult left atrial myxoma. Stroke. 1971 Jan-Feb; 2(1):35-40.