The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Vol 89, 800-802, Copyright © 1985 by The American Association for Thoracic Surgery and The Western Thoracic Surgical Association
Vasoactive intestinal polypeptide in cardiac myxoma
LH Harrison Jr, SI Said, MD Ezekowitz and HF Krous
A case of left atrial myxoma is reported in which tumor tissue was found to
contain high levels of vasoactive intestinal polypeptide. This finding
further supports the concept that myxomas are true neoplasms and may
explain some of the poorly understood clinical manifestations of this
tumor.