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Cardiac Myxoma
Features Description
General aspects
  • Isolated cells with irregular cellular borders, mild or no atypia, no mitosis
Genetics
  • PRKAR1A gene plays an important role in cardiac development and myxomagenesis
Gross Pathology
  • Smooth, lobulated mass can be friable or gelatinous
Micropathology
  • Inflammatory infiltrate with hemosiderin, calcifications and extramedullary hemopoyesis
Inmunohistochemistry
  • Vimentin, endothelial and neural markers