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Cerebral aneurysm associated with cardiac myxoma: Case Report
Biomolecules & Biomedicine, 2011 Left atrial myxomas are a rare but well known cause of cerebrovascular accidents in young people. Cerebral embolism is the most common cause of cerebral ischemic stroke. The intracranial aneurysm is rarely associated with myxoma. We report the case of a
Branislava A. Ivanović +3 more
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Case Report: Two Myxomas of Different Echodensities on Transthoracic Echocardiography in One Patient
Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine, 2022 We report a rare case of coincidental left atrial and right ventricular myxomas manifesting as masses with different echodensities on transthoracic echocardiography.
Ling-Yun Kong +5 more
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Left Atrial Myxoma Embolization Presenting as Acute Limb Ischemia: An Unusual Presentation
Cureus, 2018 Cardiac myxomas are rare with reported incidences of less than 0.03%. Cardiac myxomas are most commonly observed in the left atrium. Their clinical manifestations vary and most are non-specific to the diagnosis.
M. A. Mohamed +3 more
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Images in Emergency Medicine: Left Atrial Myxoma
Western Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2008 This visual diagnosis case summary presents the case of a 64 year old male who presented with right lower quadrant abdominal pain and who was subsequently found to have a very large left sided atrial myxoma.
Darracq, Michael A
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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 ...
Min Xia +8 more
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Cardiac myxoma with cartilaginous differentiation-An uncommon variant presented as mitral stenosis
Indian Journal of Pathology and Microbiology, 2019 The estimated incidence of primary cardiac tumors is extremely rare. Among it, cardiac myxoma represents the most common benign cardiac tumor constituting about 80% of cases. We are presenting a 30–year-old female with large left atrial myxoma.
Sunil V Jagtap +5 more
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Giant left atrial myxoma causing acute ischemic stroke in a child
Surgery Case Reports, 2018 Ischemic stroke is uncommon in pediatric populations and is sometimes caused by cardiac myxoma. In such cases, neurological deficits initially present in ischemic stroke due to emboli or thrombi of the myxoma.
Hayato Ise +3 more
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Complicated atrial myxoma with coro-cameral fistula arising from its feeding branch: a case report
Frontiers in Cardiovascular MedicineA 56-year-old man with a 5-year history of paroxysmal palpitations, which have worsened over the past year, was diagnosed with atrial fibrillation. During evaluation, transesophageal echocardiography revealed a left atrium (LA) tumoral mass attached to ...
Jian-Qiang Li +7 more
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Prevention of Cerebral Embolism Progression by Emergency Surgery of the Left Atrial Myxoma
Case Reports in Medicine, 2015 A 21-year-old woman developed left hemiparesis during work and was hospitalized. Her National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale score was 4. Hyperintense areas in the left basal ganglia, corona radiata, and cortex of the temporal lobe were found by brain
Syuichi Tetsuka, Kunihiko Ikeguchi
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Rare Presentation of Postpericardiotomy Syndrome After Left Atrial Myxoma Removal
Journal of Investigative Medicine High Impact Case Reports, 2023 Postpericardiotomy syndrome (PPS) is a known complication of cardiac valve surgery, but it has not been commonly reported as a postoperative complication of cardiac myxoma removal. A 78-year-old female with hypertension and atrial fibrillation presenting
Jessy Feng BA +5 more
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