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Case Reports
. 1993 Feb;46(2):190-3.

[A case of left atrial myxoma with cerebral infarction as initial symptom]

[Article in Japanese]
H Horimi  1 , T Hasegawa, T Yamaguchi, M Kato
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  • PMID: 8437389
Case Reports

[A case of left atrial myxoma with cerebral infarction as initial symptom]

[Article in Japanese]
H Horimi et al. Kyobu Geka. 1993 Feb.

Abstract

A 75-year-old man with an initial episode of cerebral infarction was found to have left atrial tumor by some noninvasive methods. Tumor was resected through transverse atriotomy. Excised specimen showed left atrial myxoma. Cardiac myxoma should be considered as one of ailments in elderly patients presenting with systemic embolization.

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