Myxomas account for roughly 50% of all heart tumors. Surgical excision is the only form of treatment for myxomas. Because myomas are very fragile and vulnerable to rupture, their removal usually ...

Cardiac tumors were incidentally found in a few cases: two atrial myxomas and one aortic fibroelastoma. Selection bias was a ...

Carney complex is a hereditary condition associated with spotty skin pigmentation, myxomas (benign or noncancerous connective tissue tumours), and benign or cancerous tumours of the endocrine glands ...

This syndrome was first described by Aidan Carney in 1985, as "the complex of myxomas, spotty pigmentation and endocrine overactivity" after a thorough study of 40 patients, among whom 10 were ...