Brain manifestations secondary to auricular myxoma

Cardiac myxoma is the most common benign tumor of the heart. In most cases, it is in the left atrium, which can generate neurological embolization; that can manifest as an ischemic event, aneurysm formation and less frequently as brain metastases. This is a case report of a 56-year-old male patient...

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Autores principales: Niño, Andrea Osorio, Ramirez, Luz Angela Calderón, Leal, Juan Carlos Aldana, Ortiz, Susana Moreano, Cordoba, Laura Gilon
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2020
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7509131/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32994844
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.radcr.2020.08.043
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Sumario:Cardiac myxoma is the most common benign tumor of the heart. In most cases, it is in the left atrium, which can generate neurological embolization; that can manifest as an ischemic event, aneurysm formation and less frequently as brain metastases. This is a case report of a 56-year-old male patient with cerebral embolisms secondary to a left cardiac myxoma. In these patients, the role of neurologic imaging is to detect the firsts complications and avoid secondary complications.

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