Masson Tumor in the Left Atrial Appendage Presenting as Cardioembolic Cerebral Infarction

Autor: Mark Feldman, Andrew Assaf, Michinari Hieda, Yogamaya Mantha, Darryl Kawalsky, Uday Tatiraju, Rakushumimarika Harada
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2020
Předmět:
0301 basic medicine
medicine.medical_specialty
cardio-oncology
cardioembolic disease
AF
atrial fibrillation
left atrial appendage
Infarction
LAA
left atrial appendage
030105 genetics & heredity
LA
left atrium
multimodality imaging
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Left middle cerebral artery
Left atrial
Internal medicine
Aphasia
medicine
IPEH
intravascular papillary endothelial hyperplasia
Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system
echocardiography
Pathological
Stroke
Appendage
TEE
transesophageal echocardiogram
Masson tumor
Cerebral infarction
business.industry
vascular stasis
medicine.disease
stroke
Mini-Focus Issue: Clinical Cardiology
RC666-701
Cardiology
cardiovascular system
Case Report: Clinical Case
medicine.symptom
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
business
030217 neurology & neurosurgery
Zdroj: JACC Case Reports
JACC: Case Reports, Vol 2, Iss 12, Pp 1969-1973 (2020)
ISSN: 2666-0849
Popis: A 70-year-old woman presented with aphasia caused by acute infarction in the left middle cerebral artery. Cardiac investigation revealed progressively increasing mobile mass in the left atrial appendage over 2 months (from 9 to 15 mm). Decision was made to proceed with mass resection, and pathological evaluation confirmed Masson tumor. (Level of Difficulty: Advanced.)
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