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A 50 year old woman comes to the physician beacuse of fever,cachexia and malaise for the past 6 months.Auscultation discloses a low pitched,early to mid-diastolic murmur
echocardiography shows a left atrial mass that prolapses into the mitral valve orifice during diastole
Which of the following findings is most likely on microscopic examination fo the mass ?

a.-amorphous extracellular matrix
b.-glycogen containing polyglonal cells
c.-malignat lymphoid cells
d.-malignant spindle cells
e.-mature adipose cells


  #2

a.-amorphous extracellular matrix

  #3

YES a...atrial myxoma---- amorphous myxoid

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  #4

why do we need a discussion on the atrial myxoma
anyways the answer is (a

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  #5

A
can anyone plz briefly give explanations for other choices.thanks







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