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Repeated multiple intracranial hemorrhages induced by cardiac myxoma mimicking cavernous angiomas: a case report

, 2017
Background Repeated intracranial hemorrhages caused by cardiac myxoma is very rare. It is essential for physicians to be aware of such uncommon clinical feature of myxoma.
Li, Peiliang, Ying Mao, Chen, Liang, Mao, Ying, Peiliang Li, Song, Jianping, Wei Zhu, Jianping Song, Quan, Kai, Zhu, Wei, Kai Quan, Liang Chen, Zhiguang Pan, Pan, Zhiguang   +13 more
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Left atrial myxoma as a rare cause of stroke

Heliyon
Cerebrovascular events may attribute to the fragmentation of a cardiac tumor. Due to the small number of reported cases of large vascular occlusion-acute ischemic stroke (LVO-AIS) associated with atrial myxoma, current guidelines still follow the ...
Xindi Wu, Tongyu Chen, Yan Han, Ke Wang, Jia Zhou   +4 more
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Migraine with aura triggered by cardiac myxoma: Case report and literature review

, 2010
We present a new case of cardiac myxoma triggering migraine auras. A 52-year-old woman was suffering from migraine attacks with aura. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) showed no abnormalities.
Ton van Diepen, Laura de Ceuster, Peter J Koehler   +2 more
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Cardiac Myxoma [PDF]

Thorax, 1949
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Cardiac myxoma

Cardiologia Croatica
Heart tumors are not a common pathology. However, due to their occurrence in a vital organ, they have important clinical significance. They can develop from the endocardium, myocardium, or peri- cardial tissue of the heart. According to biological behavior, they are divided into two groups, primary (benign and malignant) and secondary (metastatic). The
Dragana Jurčić, Milka Grubišić, Ružica Mrkonjić, Katarina Karimanović   +3 more
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Unmasking the Hidden: A Case of Left Atrial Myxoma with Myriad Presentations Initially Overlooked

Journal of the Indian Academy of Echocardiography & Cardiovascular Imaging
Cardiac myxomas are the most common primary cardiac tumors and are usually benign. They vary in size and location, with the left atrium (LA) being the most common site, typically attached to the fossa ovalis.
Arun B. Shivashankarappa, Pranav S. Kumar, Lakshmana Sridhar, Prasanna Simha Mohan Kumar, Kalpana Saligram Ramegowda, Prabhavathi Bhat   +5 more
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Left atrial fungal mass masquerading as myxoma: the importance of histopathological confirmation: a case report

The Egyptian Heart Journal
Background Infective endocarditis (IE) remains a serious and potentially life-threatening condition. Fungal infective endocarditis is a rare form of endocarditis that occur in immunodeficient patients.
MOHAMED MOUNIR NESNASSI, Asmae Benssied, Inasse Bargach, Siham Hallab, Safae Hilal, Ibtissam Fellat, Mohamed Cherti   +6 more
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Clinicopathological implications of prkar1a mutation in patients with cardiac myxoma: Pooled data analysis from 101 myxoma cases

, 2020
Background PRKAR1A is a novel genetic mutation traditionally linked to Carney Complex (CNC) and cardiac myxoma. We hypothesized that presence of PRKAR1A mutation (Mut+) identifies a subset of cardiac myxoma patients with distinct clinicopathologic ...
Vuong, Huy G, Altibi, Ahmed M, Al Jebbawi, Lama, Patel, Brijesh D, Masri, Ahmad M   +4 more
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Cardiac myxoma : 15 years of surgical experience

, 2002
BACKGROUND: Among cardiac tumors myxoma is the most common benign neoplasm. The aim of this study was to review our Institution's 15-year experience with intracardiac myxoma. METHODS: From 1985 through 2001, 38 patients (22 males, 16 females, mean age
L. Villa, C. Antona, R. Scrofani, C. Carro, M. Botta   +4 more
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Autocrine Regulation of Interleukin-6 via the Activation of STAT3 and Akt in Cardiac Myxoma Cells

Plasma concentrations of a pleiotropic cytokine, interleukin (IL)-6, are increased in patients with cardiac myxoma. We investigated the regulation of IL-6 in cardiac myxoma. Immunohistochemical staining and reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction
Tamahiro Kinjo, Hitoshi Nakashima, Masayoshi Yamamoto, Katsuyuki Umebashi, Ku Sudou, Michihisa Jougasaki, Masahiro Sonoda, Yoko Takenoshita   +7 more
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