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01.04.2015 | e-Herz: Case study
Giant left atrial myxoma with dual coronary supply presenting with recurrent stroke
verfasst von:
A. Akhundova, F. Samedov, Dr. A. Cincin, K. Tigen, S. Ispir, A.R. Ahiskali, I. Sari
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Ausgabe 2/2015
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Excerpt
Although the estimated incidence of primary cardiac tumors found is as low as 0.02 % in autopsy series, the most frequent primary cardiac tumor, myxomas, may present with life-threatening conditions such as cerebral embolism [
1,
2]. Late recurrences of atrial myxomas, which usually appear years after the initial diagnosis, are also encountered with incidental diagnoses or unexpected clinical conditions. Here we report the case of a 49-year-old female patient presenting with recurrent stroke due to the recurrence of a solitary left atrial myxoma 7 years after the initial diagnosis and resection. …