Atrial Myxoma Presenting as Positional Vertigo: A Case Report

Cardiac myxoma is an uncommon diagnosis but presents with common manifestations. There is a wide range of symptomatology from non-specific fever and weight loss to stroke-like symptoms. It is also one of the rare causes of cardiac syncope and thromboembolic events. We present a case of a 67-year-old...

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Autores principales: Jupalli, Aamani, Mubarik, Ateeq, Iqbal, Arshad Muhammad, Atfeh, Mowaffak, Muddassir, Salman
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2019
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Cardiology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7055014/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32190432
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.4884
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author Jupalli, Aamani
Mubarik, Ateeq
Iqbal, Arshad Muhammad
Atfeh, Mowaffak
Muddassir, Salman
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description Cardiac myxoma is an uncommon diagnosis but presents with common manifestations. There is a wide range of symptomatology from non-specific fever and weight loss to stroke-like symptoms. It is also one of the rare causes of cardiac syncope and thromboembolic events. We present a case of a 67-year-old female who presented with seemingly benign vertigo symptoms which she ignored for years before seeking medical attention. An echocardiogram revealed a 3.5 x 3.0 x 1.0 cm atrial myxoma which was surgically excised. Her symptoms have resolved entirely with no recurrence since surgery.
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spelling pubmed-70550142020-03-18 Atrial Myxoma Presenting as Positional Vertigo: A Case Report Jupalli, Aamani Mubarik, Ateeq Iqbal, Arshad Muhammad Atfeh, Mowaffak Muddassir, Salman Cureus Cardiology Cardiac myxoma is an uncommon diagnosis but presents with common manifestations. There is a wide range of symptomatology from non-specific fever and weight loss to stroke-like symptoms. It is also one of the rare causes of cardiac syncope and thromboembolic events. We present a case of a 67-year-old female who presented with seemingly benign vertigo symptoms which she ignored for years before seeking medical attention. An echocardiogram revealed a 3.5 x 3.0 x 1.0 cm atrial myxoma which was surgically excised. Her symptoms have resolved entirely with no recurrence since surgery. Cureus 2019-06-11 /pmc/articles/PMC7055014/ /pubmed/32190432 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.4884 Text en Copyright © 2019, Jupalli et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Atrial Myxoma Presenting as Positional Vertigo: A Case Report
title Atrial Myxoma Presenting as Positional Vertigo: A Case Report
title_full Atrial Myxoma Presenting as Positional Vertigo: A Case Report
title_fullStr Atrial Myxoma Presenting as Positional Vertigo: A Case Report
title_full_unstemmed Atrial Myxoma Presenting as Positional Vertigo: A Case Report
title_short Atrial Myxoma Presenting as Positional Vertigo: A Case Report
title_sort atrial myxoma presenting as positional vertigo: a case report
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7055014/
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