An intriguing co-existence: atrial myxoma and cerebral cavernous malformations: case report and review of literature.
Publication/Presentation Date
1-1-2011
Abstract
It is commonly postulated that neurologic complications of atrial myxomas are due to either direct tumor embolization or mycotic aneurysm of cerebral vasculature or rupture of mycotic aneurysms of cerebral arteries. However, the authors report the case of 63-year-old woman with a large left atrial myxoma whose progressive left-sided weakness was due to a different neurologic mechanism, namely, multiple bleeding cavernous malformations, which were visualized by magnetic resonance imaging of the brain. Cerebral cavernous malformations coexist with mesenchymal anomalies of other organs, including the liver, kidneys, and retinas. To the best of the authors' knowledge, this is only the second reported case of coexistent cerebral cavernous malformations and atrial myxoma.
Volume
24
Issue
1
First Page
1
Last Page
4
ISSN
1097-6795
Published In/Presented At
Sharma, S., Tsyvine, D., Maldjian, P. D., Sambol, J. T., Lovoulos, C. J., Levy, G., Maghari, A., Klapholz, M., & Saric, M. (2011). An intriguing co-existence: atrial myxoma and cerebral cavernous malformations: case report and review of literature. Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography : official publication of the American Society of Echocardiography, 24(1), 110.e1–110.e1104. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.echo.2010.06.009
Disciplines
Medicine and Health Sciences
PubMedID
20650606
Department(s)
Department of Medicine
Document Type
Article