Cerebellar Embolization in Patients with Heart Murmur

A 76-year-old female present to the emergency department with dysarthria, dizziness, dyspnea. The patient had hypertension and atrial fibrillation. Brain MRI revealed right cerebellar infarction. Transthoracic echocardiography showed a large round mass in the left atrium. Transesophageal echocardiog...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Lee, Min Goo, Park, Jong Chun, Ahn, Byoung Hee, Jeong, Myung Ho
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Chonnam National University Medical School 2011
Materias:
Images in Clinical Medicine
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3214863/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22111057
http://dx.doi.org/10.4068/cmj.2011.47.1.45
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Sumario:A 76-year-old female present to the emergency department with dysarthria, dizziness, dyspnea. The patient had hypertension and atrial fibrillation. Brain MRI revealed right cerebellar infarction. Transthoracic echocardiography showed a large round mass in the left atrium. Transesophageal echocardiography showed large complex echogenic round mass lesion attached on left atrial side of interatrial septum. Coronary angiogram revealed round movable mass lesion in left atrium with feeding arteries originated from right coronary artery. She underwent removal of mass and Maze operation, and pathologic finding was compatible with myxoma.

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