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Myxoma

MedGen UID:
10160
Concept ID:
C0027149
Neoplastic Process
Synonym: Myxomas
SNOMED CT: Myxoma (404082003); Myxoma (39143003)
 
Monarch Initiative: MONDO:0044784

Definition

A benign soft tissue neoplasm characterized by the presence of spindle and stellate cells, lobulated growth pattern, and myxoid stroma formation. [from NCI]

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Poterucha TJ, Kochav J, O'Connor DS, Rosner GF
Curr Treat Options Oncol 2019 Jun 27;20(8):66. doi: 10.1007/s11864-019-0662-1. PMID: 31250250
Jain S, Maleszewski JJ, Stephenson CR, Klarich KW
Expert Rev Cardiovasc Ther 2015 Apr;13(4):369-75. doi: 10.1586/14779072.2015.1024108. PMID: 25797902
Hoffmeier A, Sindermann JR, Scheld HH, Martens S
Dtsch Arztebl Int 2014 Mar 21;111(12):205-11. doi: 10.3238/arztebl.2014.0205. PMID: 24717305Free PMC Article

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Liu CK, Williamson JE 3rd, Milman T, Lally SE, Shields CL
Ophthalmic Plast Reconstr Surg 2022 Nov-Dec 01;38(6):e180-e183. Epub 2022 Jul 4 doi: 10.1097/IOP.0000000000002236. PMID: 35793663
AbdullGaffar B, Waslewski K
Int J Surg Pathol 2018 Oct;26(7):609-616. Epub 2018 Apr 6 doi: 10.1177/1066896918768029. PMID: 29623727
Jain S, Maleszewski JJ, Stephenson CR, Klarich KW
Expert Rev Cardiovasc Ther 2015 Apr;13(4):369-75. doi: 10.1586/14779072.2015.1024108. PMID: 25797902
Zainine R, Mizouni H, El Korbi A, Beltaief N, Sahtout S, Besbes G
Eur Ann Otorhinolaryngol Head Neck Dis 2014 Sep;131(4):257-9. Epub 2013 Oct 16 doi: 10.1016/j.anorl.2013.04.004. PMID: 24139787
Nagata T, Totsugawa T, Katayama K, Kuinose M, Yoshitaka H, Uesugi T
J Card Surg 2013 Nov;28(6):682-4. Epub 2013 Aug 11 doi: 10.1111/jocs.12184. PMID: 23931763

Diagnosis

Liu CK, Williamson JE 3rd, Milman T, Lally SE, Shields CL
Ophthalmic Plast Reconstr Surg 2022 Nov-Dec 01;38(6):e180-e183. Epub 2022 Jul 4 doi: 10.1097/IOP.0000000000002236. PMID: 35793663
Parikh D, Mukherjee B
Indian J Ophthalmol 2017 Sep;65(9):887-889. doi: 10.4103/ijo.IJO_226_17. PMID: 28905841Free PMC Article
Yuan SM, Yan SL, Wu N
Anatol J Cardiol 2017 Mar;17(3):241-247. doi: 10.14744/AnatolJCardiol.2017.7557. PMID: 28321109Free PMC Article
Zainine R, Mizouni H, El Korbi A, Beltaief N, Sahtout S, Besbes G
Eur Ann Otorhinolaryngol Head Neck Dis 2014 Sep;131(4):257-9. Epub 2013 Oct 16 doi: 10.1016/j.anorl.2013.04.004. PMID: 24139787
Banerjee S
Hosp Med 2004 Jan;65(1):6-7. doi: 10.12968/hosp.2004.65.1.2410. PMID: 14964788

Therapy

Torres-Domínguez LE, McFadden G
Expert Opin Biol Ther 2019 Jun;19(6):561-573. Epub 2019 Apr 4 doi: 10.1080/14712598.2019.1600669. PMID: 30919708
Oliva S, Gambella M, Boccadoro M, Bringhen S
Expert Opin Biol Ther 2017 Nov;17(11):1375-1387. Epub 2017 Aug 10 doi: 10.1080/14712598.2017.1364359. PMID: 28796556
Rahal A, Musher B
J Surg Oncol 2017 Jul;116(1):94-103. Epub 2017 Apr 13 doi: 10.1002/jso.24626. PMID: 28407327
Nagata T, Totsugawa T, Katayama K, Kuinose M, Yoshitaka H, Uesugi T
J Card Surg 2013 Nov;28(6):682-4. Epub 2013 Aug 11 doi: 10.1111/jocs.12184. PMID: 23931763
Sherman DG, Dyken ML, Fisher M, Harrison MJ, Hart RG
Chest 1986 Feb;89(2 Suppl):82S-98S. doi: 10.1378/chest.89.2_supplement.82s. PMID: 3510833

Prognosis

Liu CK, Williamson JE 3rd, Milman T, Lally SE, Shields CL
Ophthalmic Plast Reconstr Surg 2022 Nov-Dec 01;38(6):e180-e183. Epub 2022 Jul 4 doi: 10.1097/IOP.0000000000002236. PMID: 35793663
Sia CH, Goh FQ, Kong WK, Wu B, Paranjothy S
J Card Surg 2020 May;35(5):1148-1151. Epub 2020 Apr 15 doi: 10.1111/jocs.14541. PMID: 32293046
Poterucha TJ, Kochav J, O'Connor DS, Rosner GF
Curr Treat Options Oncol 2019 Jun 27;20(8):66. doi: 10.1007/s11864-019-0662-1. PMID: 31250250
Yuan SM, Yan SL, Wu N
Anatol J Cardiol 2017 Mar;17(3):241-247. doi: 10.14744/AnatolJCardiol.2017.7557. PMID: 28321109Free PMC Article
Petris AO, Alexandrescu DM, Costache II
Rev Med Chir Soc Med Nat Iasi 2014 Apr-Jun;118(2):289-92. PMID: 25076689

Clinical prediction guides

Ohya Y, Matsuo R, Sato N, Irie F, Nakamura K, Wakisaka Y, Ago T, Kamouchi M, Kitazono T; Investigators for Fukuoka Stroke Registry
PLoS One 2022;17(7):e0268481. Epub 2022 Jul 13 doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0268481. PMID: 35830430Free PMC Article
Zainine R, Mizouni H, El Korbi A, Beltaief N, Sahtout S, Besbes G
Eur Ann Otorhinolaryngol Head Neck Dis 2014 Sep;131(4):257-9. Epub 2013 Oct 16 doi: 10.1016/j.anorl.2013.04.004. PMID: 24139787
Espiard S, Bertherat J
Front Horm Res 2013;41:50-62. Epub 2013 Mar 19 doi: 10.1159/000345669. PMID: 23652670
Habesoglu TE, Habesoglu M, Surmeli M, Uresin T, Egeli E
J Craniofac Surg 2010 Nov;21(6):2019-22. doi: 10.1097/SCS.0b013e3181f5389a. PMID: 21119491
Kaffe I, Naor H, Buchner A
Dentomaxillofac Radiol 1997 Sep;26(5):299-303. doi: 10.1038/sj.dmfr.4600261. PMID: 9482003

Recent systematic reviews

Alvarado-Villacorta R, Torres Zavala NM, Marroquín Loayza L, Rodríguez-Reyes AA
Surv Ophthalmol 2022 May-Jun;67(3):729-740. Epub 2021 Aug 27 doi: 10.1016/j.survophthal.2021.08.007. PMID: 34461119
Dotta JH, Miotto LN, Spin-Neto R, Ferrisse TM
Eur J Clin Invest 2020 Apr;50(4):e13214. Epub 2020 Mar 14 doi: 10.1111/eci.13214. PMID: 32048275
Tzani A, Doulamis IP, Mylonas KS, Avgerinos DV, Nasioudis D
World J Pediatr Congenit Heart Surg 2017 Sep;8(5):624-632. doi: 10.1177/2150135117723904. PMID: 28901236
Yuan SM
Braz J Cardiovasc Surg 2015 Sep-Oct;30(5):571-8. doi: 10.5935/1678-9741.20140112. PMID: 26735605Free PMC Article
Rozza-de-Menezes RE, Andrade RM, Israel MS, Gonçalves Cunha KS
Head Neck 2013 Dec;35(12):E397-404. Epub 2013 Jul 30 doi: 10.1002/hed.23361. PMID: 23616426

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