Embolisation from atrial myxomas: a cause of acute on chronic limb ischaemia
| Autor: | S.E. Prance, J. Wells, C.J. Burrell, M.J. Thornton, Simon Ashley, Y. G. Wilson |
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| Rok vydání: | 1997 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Left atrium Connective tissue Heart Neoplasms Ischemia Left atrial Internal medicine medicine Humans Limb ischaemia Popliteal Artery Heart Atria cardiovascular diseases Histological examination Medicine(all) Leg business.industry Myoma Neoplastic Cells Circulating medicine.disease Peripheral Radiography medicine.anatomical_structure cardiovascular system Cardiology Female Surgery Presentation (obstetrics) Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine business Myxoma |
| Zdroj: | European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery. 14:502-504 |
| ISSN: | 1078-5884 |
| Popis: | Cardiac myxomata account for 50% of all primary cardiac tumours, 75% of them arising in the left atrium. ~ They are rare, occurring in up to 0.03% of postmortems. 2 The clinical presentation of myxomas can be misleading. Systemic manifestations include embolisation and non-specific constitutional features mimicking connective tissue diseaseY A case of left atrial myoma presenting with peripheral embolisation causing acute on chronic lower limb ischaemia is presented, illustrating the importance of histological examination of embolic material retrieved at operation and the diagnostic uncertainty frequently associated with cardiac myxomata. |
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