1. Cardiac myxoma: Simplifying a “complex” case
Sahar A. Saddoughi, MD, PhD, Joseph J. Maleszewski, MD, Hartzell V. Schaff, MD 
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 
Volume 152, Issue 5, Pages (November 2016)
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2. Figure 1 Gross specimen of the left atrial myxoma.
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3. Figure 2
Histopathologic staining. A, Myxoma cells populating a myxoid background (hematoxylin and eosin stain). B, Lack of PRKAR1A staining in this case. Black arrow indicates myxoma cells. C, PRKAR1A staining of the myxoma cells (black arrow) in a nonsyndromic myxoma (for comparison).
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4. PRKAR1A staining of the myxoma cells in syndromic and nonsyndromic myxoma.
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5. Video 1
Preoperative echocardiogram demonstrating left atrial myxoma. Video available at
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