"Myxoma" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
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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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Myxoma" by people in Profiles.
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Cardiac uptake patterns in routine 18F-FDG PET-CT scans: A pictorial review. J Nucl Cardiol. 2020 08; 27(4):1296-1305.
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Atrial myxoma-the Great Masquerader. QJM. 2019 May 01; 112(5):363-364.
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Reply: To PMID 22922212. Eur Neurol. 2013; 69(2):67.
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Is it safe to proceed with thrombolytic therapy for acute ischemic stroke in a patient with cardiac myxoma? Case report and review of the literature. Eur Neurol. 2012; 68(3):185-6.
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Left ventricular myxoma resection with minimally invasive mitral valve reconstruction. J Heart Valve Dis. 2010 Jul; 19(4):533-5.
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Central nervous system manifestations of cardiac myxoma. Arch Neurol. 2007 Aug; 64(8):1115-20.