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Left Atrial Myxoma Presenting as Persistent Dizziness
Cardiac masses are divided into benign tumors and malignant tumors. The tumor can cause valvular obstruction and embolization phenomenon. To elucidate the etiology of cardiac masses, we rely on the use of echocardiograms in combination with the clinical picture of the patient. We describe an interes...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9310553/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35911261 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.26321 |
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author | Azeez, Hayder Abdulrahman, Zeinab A Nguyen, Tien Tofano, Michael |
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description | Cardiac masses are divided into benign tumors and malignant tumors. The tumor can cause valvular obstruction and embolization phenomenon. To elucidate the etiology of cardiac masses, we rely on the use of echocardiograms in combination with the clinical picture of the patient. We describe an interesting case report of a 71-year-old woman who presented with persistent dizziness for one day. MRI brain showed multiple, small, scattered foci of acute infarction. The patient was treated with aspirin and atorvastatin. Transthoracic echocardiography showed a mass in the left atrium. Afterward, the tumor was removed surgically and histopathology was consistent with atrial myxoma. |
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spelling | pubmed-93105532022-07-29 Left Atrial Myxoma Presenting as Persistent Dizziness Azeez, Hayder Abdulrahman, Zeinab A Nguyen, Tien Tofano, Michael Cureus Cardiology Cardiac masses are divided into benign tumors and malignant tumors. The tumor can cause valvular obstruction and embolization phenomenon. To elucidate the etiology of cardiac masses, we rely on the use of echocardiograms in combination with the clinical picture of the patient. We describe an interesting case report of a 71-year-old woman who presented with persistent dizziness for one day. MRI brain showed multiple, small, scattered foci of acute infarction. The patient was treated with aspirin and atorvastatin. Transthoracic echocardiography showed a mass in the left atrium. Afterward, the tumor was removed surgically and histopathology was consistent with atrial myxoma. Cureus 2022-06-25 /pmc/articles/PMC9310553/ /pubmed/35911261 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.26321 Text en Copyright © 2022, Azeez et al. https://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. |
spellingShingle | Cardiology Azeez, Hayder Abdulrahman, Zeinab A Nguyen, Tien Tofano, Michael Left Atrial Myxoma Presenting as Persistent Dizziness |
title | Left Atrial Myxoma Presenting as Persistent Dizziness |
title_full | Left Atrial Myxoma Presenting as Persistent Dizziness |
title_fullStr | Left Atrial Myxoma Presenting as Persistent Dizziness |
title_full_unstemmed | Left Atrial Myxoma Presenting as Persistent Dizziness |
title_short | Left Atrial Myxoma Presenting as Persistent Dizziness |
title_sort | left atrial myxoma presenting as persistent dizziness |
topic | Cardiology |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9310553/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35911261 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.26321 |
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