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==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
On chest [[x-ray]], | |||
On chest [[x-ray]], cardiac myxomas can be characterized by a [[calcification]] overlying the posterior aspect of heart. | |||
==Chest x-ray== | ==Chest x-ray== | ||
On chest [[x-ray]], Myxomas are characterised by [[calcification]] overlying the posterior aspect of heart. | On chest [[x-ray]], Myxomas are characterised by [[calcification]] overlying the posterior aspect of heart. | ||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor-In-Chief: Cafer Zorkun, M.D., Ph.D. [2] Ahmad Al Maradni, M.D. [3]
Overview
On chest x-ray, cardiac myxomas can be characterized by a calcification overlying the posterior aspect of heart.
Chest x-ray
On chest x-ray, Myxomas are characterised by calcification overlying the posterior aspect of heart.
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Lateral chest radiograph from a 16-year-old girl with syncope and bacterial endocarditis. The radiograph demonstrates two areas of dense calcification (arrowheads) overlying the posterior aspect of heart. The posterior-anterior (PA) view confirmed location in the heart (not shown). At surgery a calcified myxoma of the right atrium was removed. Image courtesy of Professor Peter Anderson DVM PhD and published with permission © PEIR, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Department of Pathology
