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Genetic analysis in a patient with recurrent cardiac myxoma and endocrinopathy.
Circulation journal : official journal of the Japanese Circulation Society - 1 Aug 2005
Imai Yasushi, Taketani Tsuyoshi, Maemura Koji, Takeda Norihiko, Harada Tomohiro, Nojiri Takefumi, Kawanami Daiji, Monzen Koshiro, Hayashi Dobun, Murakawa Yuji, Ohno Minoru, Hirata Yoshinobu, Yamazaki Tsutomu, Takamoto Shinichi, Nagai Ryozo
Abstract excerpt
A 60 year-old male was referred for treatment of a cardiac myxoma in the right atrium. He had a past history of left atrial cardiac myxoma at age 49 and pituitary microadenoma related to acromegaly at age 55. He did not have a family history of cardiac neoplasm or endocrinopathy. The intracardiac tumor was resected and its pathology was compatible with myxoma. A diagnosis of Carney complex (CNC) was made because...
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