Left atrial myxoma complicated by acute embolism to the left subclavian artery

Kandoria, Arvind; Negi, Prakash Chand; Mahajan, Kunal; Puri, Shailja

doi:10.1136/bcr-2016-215345

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“…Many case-series studies have identified heart failure, peripheral or central embolisms as the main spectrum of clinically significant complications due to atrial myxomas. [2,3] Some recently published case reports have highlighted unusual or uncommon symptoms, such as arrhythmias,[4] fever of unknown origin,[5] brachial artery embolism,[6] subclavian artery embolism,[7] central retinal artery occlusion[8] and multiple cerebral infarctions. [9] These acute presentations contrast with systemic symptoms such as malaise and weight loss, as reported in recent papers.…”

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Incidental Finding of a Left Atrial Myxoma while Characterising an Autoimmune Disease

García-Carretero

Naranjo-Mansilla

Luna-Heredia

et al. 2018

The Journal of Critical Care Medicine

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Although cardiac tumours are uncommon, cardiac myxomas account for more than fifty percent of all cases and are the most frequent primary cardiac tumour. They have a broad clinical spectrum, usually related to cardiac symptoms, peripheral embolic events or systemic manifestations. We present a case report of a 68-year-old man who presented with systemic symptoms and analytical features suggestive of an autoimmune disease. In the ensuing diagnostic procedures, a cardiac myxoma was found, and after surgical resection, both the systemic manifestations and the analytical abnormalities disappeared.

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