TY - JOUR
T1 - An intriguing Co-existence
T2 - Atrial myxoma and cerebral cavernous malformations: Case report and review of literature
AU - Sharma, Shikha
AU - Tsyvine, Daniel
AU - Maldjian, Pierre D.
AU - Sambol, Justin T.
AU - Lovoulos, Constantinos J.
AU - Levy, Gal
AU - Maghari, Amin
AU - Klapholz, Marc
AU - Saric, Muhamed
PY - 2011/1
Y1 - 2011/1
N2 - It is commonly postulated that neurologic complications of atrial myxomas are due to either direct tumor embolization or mycotic aneurysm of cerebral vasculature or rupture of mycotic aneurysms of cerebral arteries. However, the authors report the case of 63-year-old woman with a large left atrial myxoma whose progressive left-sided weakness was due to a different neurologic mechanism, namely, multiple bleeding cavernous malformations, which were visualized by magnetic resonance imaging of the brain. Cerebral cavernous malformations coexist with mesenchymal anomalies of other organs, including the liver, kidneys, and retinas. To the best of the authors' knowledge, this is only the second reported case of coexistent cerebral cavernous malformations and atrial myxoma.
AB - It is commonly postulated that neurologic complications of atrial myxomas are due to either direct tumor embolization or mycotic aneurysm of cerebral vasculature or rupture of mycotic aneurysms of cerebral arteries. However, the authors report the case of 63-year-old woman with a large left atrial myxoma whose progressive left-sided weakness was due to a different neurologic mechanism, namely, multiple bleeding cavernous malformations, which were visualized by magnetic resonance imaging of the brain. Cerebral cavernous malformations coexist with mesenchymal anomalies of other organs, including the liver, kidneys, and retinas. To the best of the authors' knowledge, this is only the second reported case of coexistent cerebral cavernous malformations and atrial myxoma.
KW - Benign cardiac tumor
KW - Cavernous malformations
KW - Echocardiography
KW - Left atrium
KW - Myxoma
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U2 - 10.1016/j.echo.2010.06.009
DO - 10.1016/j.echo.2010.06.009
M3 - Article
C2 - 20650606
AN - SCOPUS:78650512726
SN - 0894-7317
VL - 24
SP - 110.e1-110.e4
JO - Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography
JF - Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography
IS - 1
ER -