Fatal Disruption of a Left Atrial Myxoma Associated with Trauma

Cardiac myxomas are benign tumors composed of sparse stellate cells in an extensive mucoid stroma. The surface of these tumors is often friable and gelatinous. Their intracardiac location makes embolization a constant threat. We report a patient who had diffuse systemic embolization of a left atrial...

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Autores principales: Iacco, Anthony, Billimoria, Nazneen, Howells, Greg
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2012
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3318220/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22489244
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/486309
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description Cardiac myxomas are benign tumors composed of sparse stellate cells in an extensive mucoid stroma. The surface of these tumors is often friable and gelatinous. Their intracardiac location makes embolization a constant threat. We report a patient who had diffuse systemic embolization of a left atrial myxoma coincident with a low-velocity frontal motor vehicle crash.
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spelling pubmed-33182202012-04-09 Fatal Disruption of a Left Atrial Myxoma Associated with Trauma Iacco, Anthony Billimoria, Nazneen Howells, Greg Case Rep Med Case Report Cardiac myxomas are benign tumors composed of sparse stellate cells in an extensive mucoid stroma. The surface of these tumors is often friable and gelatinous. Their intracardiac location makes embolization a constant threat. We report a patient who had diffuse systemic embolization of a left atrial myxoma coincident with a low-velocity frontal motor vehicle crash. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2012 2012-03-26 /pmc/articles/PMC3318220/ /pubmed/22489244 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/486309 Text en Copyright © 2012 Anthony Iacco et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3318220/
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