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Left ventricular myxoma was identified at necropsy as the cause of repeated, mainly cerebral, emboli over a two-year period in a single patient.
Left ventricular myxoma is a rare condition that can present with repeated cerebral embolism.
May prompt myxoma consideration in unexplained recurrent emboli; leaves open prevalence and diagnostic strategies.
We recently encountered a patient who, over a 2-year period, suffered repeated, mainly cerebral, embolism. At necropsy a left ventricular myxoma was discovered. The rarity of this condition prompted the following case report.
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Danta et al. (1969) studied this question. Left ventricular myxoma was identified at necropsy as the cause of repeated, mainly cerebral, emboli over a two-year period in a single patient.
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