Malignant infarction of the right medial cerebral artery due to embolism from an atrial myxoma. A case report
Cardiac myxoma is a benign neoplasm, when it is located in the left atrium it is potentially associated with systemic embolism, and it is a rare cause of cerebral embolism. The diagnosis of cardiac myxoma is usually incidental, being found as a result of searching for other clinical conditions. We p...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2019 |
| País: | Perú |
| Institución: | Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia |
| Repositorio: | Revistas - Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia |
| Idioma: | español |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:revistas.upch.edu.pe:article/3551 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://revistas.upch.edu.pe/index.php/RMH/article/view/3551 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Mixoma, isquemia encefálica, arteria cerebral media, ecocardiografía. Myxoma, brain ischemia, middle cerebral artery, echocardiography. |
| Sumario: | Cardiac myxoma is a benign neoplasm, when it is located in the left atrium it is potentially associated with systemic embolism, and it is a rare cause of cerebral embolism. The diagnosis of cardiac myxoma is usually incidental, being found as a result of searching for other clinical conditions. We present the case of a patient who probably had a cardiac myxoma of the left atrium that induced a malignant infarction in the territory of the left medial cerebral artery, bedside heart ultrasound was a relevant diagnostic procedure in this patient. |
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