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18583288

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2008-6-27
pubmed:abstractText
Brain ischemia resulting from left atrial myxoma embolization has been well documented. In contrast, the link between the development of intracerebral hemorrhage and myxoma in these patients has little coverage in the literature. The main theory describing this relationship stems from the fact that cardiac myxoma cells metastasize to the brain's vessels, causing destruction of the arterial wall with subsequent formation of fusiform aneurysm and further intracranial bleeding. It is assumed that when a diagnosis of left atrial myxoma with neurologic manifestations is made, surgical resection should be performed without delay to prevent repeated tumor embolization; however, systemic anticoagulation treatment during cardiac surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass is not recommended immediately after intracerebral hemorrhage occurs because of the possibility of extending the infarct's size. We describe a patient with acute hemorrhagic brain infarction and an echocardiographically demonstrated left atrial myxoma that was surgically resected successfully in the acute phase after the onset of the neurologic symptoms.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
1522-6662
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
11
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
E169-71
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2008
pubmed:articleTitle
Surgical resection of left atrial myxoma presenting with acute multiple hemorrhagic cerebral infarctions: a case report.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, E. Wolfson Medical Center, Holon, Israel.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports