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Giant cardiac myxoma with malignant transformed glandular structures

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A case of a right-sided giant cardiac myxoma with malignant transformation of glandular structures causing systemic metastases is described. Plain chest radiography and computed tomography localized the tumor within the heart. Exact depiction of the origin of the tumor using subtracted 2D-projection MR angiography is documented. Radiologic findings and differential diagnosis of this unique tumor are discussed.

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  1. Institute of Radiology, Cantonal Hospital, Brauerstrasse 15, 8401 Winterthur, Switzerland, Switzerland

    Boris P. Eckhardt, Gerd Stuckmann, Christoph L. Zollikofer & Klaus U. Wentz

  2. Insitute of Pathology, Cantonal Hospital, Brauerstrasse 15, 8401 Winterthur, Switzerland, Switzerland

    Corina C. Dommann-Scherrer

  3. Medical Faculty, University of Witten/Herdecke, Alfred-Herrhausen-Strasse 50, 58448 Witten, Germany, Germany

    Klaus U. Wentz

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Eckhardt, B.P., Dommann-Scherrer, C.C., Stuckmann, G. et al. Giant cardiac myxoma with malignant transformed glandular structures. Eur Radiol 13, 2099–2102 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00330-002-1663-0

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