Myxoma

Studies from C. Garciazubiri et al in the area of myxoma described

Published in Hospital Business Week, December 13th, 2009

"Cardiac myxoma cells have been demonstrated to produce interleukin (IL)-6, but its role in the systemic and immunologic manifestations of patients with this tumor is controversial," scientists in Madrid, Spain report.

"There is no evidence of any other Source of such cytokine, but here we report a case of myxoma with systemic manifestations at diagnosis in which we evaluated the IL-6 production by peripheral blood cells before and after surgical tumor resection. Peripheral blood mononuclear cells were isolated by density gradient centrifugation, and the IL-6 expression in monocytes and lymphocytes was evaluated by flow cytometry. Before surgery. 74.4% of monocytes...

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Source: Hospital Business Week (2009-12-13)

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