A Late Case of Ischemic Cerebral Event after Resection of a Left Atrial Myxoma

Atrial myxoma is one of the most common primary cardiac tumors reported in the literature. In very rare instances, stroke has been the sequelae after a myxomatous tumor resection. We report this unique case of late ischemic cerebral event in a 46-year-old female some days after resection of a left a...

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Main Authors: Reginald Lafleur, Justyna Watkowska, Guoping Zhou, Phenix Alcide, Henock Saint-Jacques
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Karger Publishers 2016-05-01
Series:Case Reports in Neurology
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Online Access:http://www.karger.com/Article/FullText/444388
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spelling doaj-4fba9bb881624037884dbc8a6c25c11e2020-11-24T20:53:57ZengKarger PublishersCase Reports in Neurology1662-680X2016-05-01829710110.1159/000444388444388A Late Case of Ischemic Cerebral Event after Resection of a Left Atrial MyxomaReginald LafleurJustyna WatkowskaGuoping ZhouPhenix AlcideHenock Saint-JacquesAtrial myxoma is one of the most common primary cardiac tumors reported in the literature. In very rare instances, stroke has been the sequelae after a myxomatous tumor resection. We report this unique case of late ischemic cerebral event in a 46-year-old female some days after resection of a left atrial myxoma.http://www.karger.com/Article/FullText/444388Atrial myxomaCerebral ischemiaPrimary tumor
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author Reginald Lafleur
Justyna Watkowska
Guoping Zhou
Phenix Alcide
Henock Saint-Jacques
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Justyna Watkowska
Guoping Zhou
Phenix Alcide
Henock Saint-Jacques
A Late Case of Ischemic Cerebral Event after Resection of a Left Atrial Myxoma
Case Reports in Neurology
Atrial myxoma
Cerebral ischemia
Primary tumor
author_facet Reginald Lafleur
Justyna Watkowska
Guoping Zhou
Phenix Alcide
Henock Saint-Jacques
author_sort Reginald Lafleur
title A Late Case of Ischemic Cerebral Event after Resection of a Left Atrial Myxoma
title_short A Late Case of Ischemic Cerebral Event after Resection of a Left Atrial Myxoma
title_full A Late Case of Ischemic Cerebral Event after Resection of a Left Atrial Myxoma
title_fullStr A Late Case of Ischemic Cerebral Event after Resection of a Left Atrial Myxoma
title_full_unstemmed A Late Case of Ischemic Cerebral Event after Resection of a Left Atrial Myxoma
title_sort late case of ischemic cerebral event after resection of a left atrial myxoma
publisher Karger Publishers
series Case Reports in Neurology
issn 1662-680X
publishDate 2016-05-01
description Atrial myxoma is one of the most common primary cardiac tumors reported in the literature. In very rare instances, stroke has been the sequelae after a myxomatous tumor resection. We report this unique case of late ischemic cerebral event in a 46-year-old female some days after resection of a left atrial myxoma.
topic Atrial myxoma
Cerebral ischemia
Primary tumor
url http://www.karger.com/Article/FullText/444388
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