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Case Reports
. 2008 Oct-Dec;23(4):578-80.
doi: 10.1590/s0102-76382008000400022.

Resection of left ventricular myxoma after embolic stroke

[Article in English, Portuguese]
Marcus Vinicius Ferraz de Arruda  1 , Domingo Marcolino Braile, Marcos Rogério Joaquim, Marcelo José Ferreira Soares, Raquel Helena Alves
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Case Reports

Resection of left ventricular myxoma after embolic stroke

[Article in English, Portuguese]
Marcus Vinicius Ferraz de Arruda et al. Rev Bras Cir Cardiovasc. 2008 Oct-Dec.

Abstract

Cardiac myxoma is the most common primary tumor of the heart. The tumor is located mainly in the left atrium but can arise from any heart chamber. Clinical symptoms are variable but dyspnea and embolism are the most frequent. We report a case of a young man that had embolic ischemic stroke caused by a large left ventricular myxoma. The patient underwent surgery three weeks after the stroke. The tumor was carefully resected without fragmentation. Surgical treatment was effective. We emphasize the rarity of this location together with a review of the current literature.

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