Myxomatous embolization resulting in unilateral amaurosis
| Autor: | Brendan R. Furlong, Vincent P Verdile |
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| Rok vydání: | 1995 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Heart disease medicine.medical_treatment Eye disease Blindness Heart Neoplasms Amaurosis medicine Humans Embolization Heart Atria Aged business.industry Myxoma General Medicine Emergency department medicine.disease Neoplastic Cells Circulating eye diseases Surgery Echocardiography Emergency Medicine Female Presentation (obstetrics) Emergencies business |
| Zdroj: | The American journal of emergency medicine. 13(1) |
| ISSN: | 0735-6757 |
| Popis: | A patient with sudden, painless monocular blindness is an uncommon emergency department presentation. Despite often futile attempts to treat the blindness, most clinicians search for a source of possible embolization. A patient is presented that developed monocular blindness without a clinically apparent source. Advanced diagnostic imaging showed a previously undetected atrial myxoma. The salient clinical features, diagnostic techniques, and therapeutic interventions for this uncommon cardiac tumor are discussed. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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