Case Reports of Left Atrial Myxoma in Elderly and Children [PDF]
Sains Medika, 2021 Introduction: Cardiac myxoma is a rare heart disease. Cardiac myxoma can manifest in both intracardiac and extracardiac. This report describes the importance of a careful history taking, physical examination, echocardiography, and complete surgical ...
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Rare presentation of an atrial myxoma in an adolescent patient: A case report and literature review [PDF]
BMC Pediatrics, 2018 BACKGROUND: Cardiac tumors are uncommon in the pediatric population. When present, cardiac manifestations stem from the tumor causing inflow or outflow obstruction.
Anwar, Shafkat +6 more
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A male patient with atrial myxoma and multiple metastatic intracranial aneurysms: A case report and literature review [PDF]
Journal of International Medical ResearchAtrial myxoma is the most common primary benign tumor of the heart, with over 75% occurring in the left atrium. The migration of myxoma cells can lead to rare neurological complications such as intracranial aneurysms, embolic strokes, and arteriovenous ...
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BMC Neurology, 2019 Background Cardiac myxoma is the most common benign cardiac tumor. Brain metastases or multiple cerebral aneurysms are extremely rare, especially for the case of both complications.
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Atypical vessels as an early sign of intracardiac myxoma? [PDF]
Cardiovascular Ultrasound, 2004 We report on a woman with previously unknown left atrial myxoma, who underwent percutaneous coronary intervention. 45 months after the initial coronary angiography, echocardiography demonstrated a large atrial myxoma, which was not seen ...
Rutsch Wolfgang +6 more
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Identification of Stem-Like Cells in Atrial Myxoma by Markers CD44, CD19, and CD45 [PDF]
Stem Cells International, 2016 Atrial myxoma is the most frequent tumor arising mainly in atrial septum and its origin remains uncertain. It has been reported that a subpopulation of stem-like cells are present in benign tumors and responsible for tumor initiation and maintenance.
Xianghe Song +7 more
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Giant Left Atrial Myxoma Masquerading as Cough-Syncope Syndrome [PDF]
Journal of Investigative Medicine High Impact Case Reports, 2017 Left atrial myxomas are the most common type of benign primary cardiac tumor. Patients can present with generalized symptoms, such as fatigue, symptoms from obstruction of the myxoma, or even embolization of the myxoma causing distal thrombosis.
Jennifer N. Bowman MD +4 more
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Neurological complications of left atrial myxoma: a case report on stroke with left atrial myxoma and postoperative brain metastasis and cerebral aneurysm [PDF]
Frontiers in NeuroimagingAtrial myxoma is a rare benign tumor that can cause a variety of complications, including cerebral infarction. We present a case of a 52-year-old female patient who developed cerebral infarction caused by an atrial myxoma.
Xudong Ai +5 more
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Left atrial myxoma complicated with multi-system embolization
Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery, 2017 Background Atrial myxoma accounts for approximately 50% of all cardiac tumors. The majority of myxomas are located in the left atrium and present variable clinical manifestation.
Ren-Dan Zhang +6 more
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Two cases of atrial myxoma with calcification and ossification as the main features [PDF]
Journal of Cardiothoracic SurgeryBackground Cardiac myxomas are the most common type of primary cardiac tumors in adults, but they can have variable features that make them difficult to diagnose.
Yafei Yin +7 more
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