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Right atrial myxoma prolapsing into the right ventricle

We report on a rare case of a 67-year-old woman with a right atrial myxoma prolapsing into the right ventricle in the diastolic phase. These tumors comprise approximately 18% of all cardiac myxomas, which occur in 0.0017% of collected autopsy series.

Myxoma; Heart neoplasms; Heart atria


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