Tumor with perivascular myoid differentiation

Heart
Cardiac tumors - benign
Tumor with perivascular myoid differentiation

Author: Nat Pernick, M.D. (see Authors page)

Revised: 20 March 2018, last major update November 2013

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Cite this page: Pernick, N. Tumor with perivascular myoid differentiation. PathologyOutlines.com website. http://www.pathologyoutlines.com/topic/hearttumorperivascularmyoid.html. Accessed September 22nd, 2018.

Definition / general

Very rare in heart
May recur after surgery, particularly in adults

Case reports

70 year old woman with right atrial mass (J Clin Pathol 2004;57:1338)

Microscopic (histologic) description

Round, undifferentiated to epithelioid cells surrounding prominent, thin walled, staghorn vessels

Microscopic (histologic) images

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Various images

Positive stains

Alpha smooth muscle actin

Negative stains

CD34

Differential diagnosis