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Atrial Myxoma Presenting With Hemorrhage and Multifocal Infarcts in the Brain of a 59-Year-Old Man: An Uncommon Outcome for the Most Common Primary Heart Neoplasm

Atrial myxomas are the most common primary neoplasm of the heart. Due to their mass effect, they may lead to dysfunction of the heart or mitral valve. Rarely, neoplastic fragments may embolize or a thrombus secondary to stasis may form, which can infarct downstream structures (e.g., the brain). We r...

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Autores principales: Samia, Arthur M, Boyer, Philip J
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10394492/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37539427
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.41323