Emergent surgical resection of a giant left atrial myxoma in a 7-year-old boy successfully treated his acute ischemic stroke and left-sided hemiparesis.
Case Report (n=1)
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Echocardiography enables timely diagnosis and urgent surgical resection of cardiac myxoma, a rare but important cause of ischemic stroke in pediatric patients.
Ischemic stroke is uncommon in pediatric populations and is sometimes caused by cardiac myxoma. In such cases, neurological deficits initially present in ischemic stroke due to emboli or thrombi of the myxoma. Echocardiography is helpful to diagnose myxoma in a timely manner and allows urgent surgical resection of the myxoma. We report a successful case of myxoma in a 7-year-old boy who initially presented with left-sided hemiparesis.
Ise et al. (Fri,) conducted a case report in Left atrial myxoma causing acute ischemic stroke (n=1). Emergent surgical resection was evaluated on Clinical recovery and tumor removal. Emergent surgical resection of a giant left atrial myxoma in a 7-year-old boy successfully treated his acute ischemic stroke and left-sided hemiparesis.