A Rare Case of Two Different Types of Cardiac Tumors in a Patient Shashank Jolly, MD The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 97, Issue 4, Pages 1450-1451 (April 2014) DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2013.06.128 Copyright © 2014 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 1 A transthoracic echocardiogram shows the left atrial (LA) myxoma and the right atrial (RA) lipoma. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2014 97, 1450-1451DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2013.06.128) Copyright © 2014 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 2 Cardiac myxoma. A sparse proliferation of spindled to stellate-shaped cells is deposited in an extensive blue-gray myxoid stroma, with a prominent focally arborizing vasculature (hematoxylin and eosin stain, original magnification ×200). The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2014 97, 1450-1451DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2013.06.128) Copyright © 2014 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 3 Intramuscular lipoma. Mature lipocytes infiltrate the cardiac muscle in a diffuse manner. The entrapped muscle fibers show varying degrees of muscle atrophy (hematoxylin and eosin stain, original magnification × 100). The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2014 97, 1450-1451DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2013.06.128) Copyright © 2014 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions