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Case Reports
. 2018 Mar;27(1):43-45.
doi: 10.1055/s-0037-1599240. Epub 2017 Mar 10.

Left Ventricular Myxoma with Embolization Causes Acute Infrarenal Aortic Occlusion

Grigol Keshelava  1 , Nikoloz Vashakmadze  2 , Sulkhan Jaiani  3 , Davit Kovziridze  1 , Gela Kurashvili  2
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Case Reports

Left Ventricular Myxoma with Embolization Causes Acute Infrarenal Aortic Occlusion

Grigol Keshelava et al. Int J Angiol. 2018 Mar.

Abstract

Atrial myxoma is the most common benign tumor of the heart; moreover, atrial myxoma embolization to the peripheral vessels is rare. We present an unusual case of total acute infrarenal aortic occlusion resulting from embolic implantation from a left ventricular myxoma. A 37-year-old man with acute lower limbs ischemia, spinal cord ischemia, and acute renal insufficiency was urgently operated and discharged after surgery.

Keywords: aortic occlusion; embolization; left ventricular myxoma.

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Fig. 1
Computed tomography angiography revealed infrarenal aortic occlusion and right renal artery thrombosis with failed right kidney.
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Echocardiography revealed residual tumor in the left ventricle.
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The left ventricle is opened above the level of the apex and tumor is removed.
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