What question did this study set out to answer?

To describe a case of left atrial myxoma presenting with disseminated cerebral emboli and novel pathologic alterations in cerebral vessels.

December 1, 1970Archives of Neurology

Cardiac Myxoma

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Population

A young woman with a left atrial myxoma and disseminated emboli

Design

Case_report

Authors

DPDonald L. PriceBoston University

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Implication

May alert clinicians to myxoma emboli in atypical cerebral vasculopathy; extends histopathologic descriptions but leaves generalizability open from one case.

Key Points

To describe a case of left atrial myxoma presenting with disseminated cerebral emboli and novel pathologic alterations in cerebral vessels.
Clinical and pathological evaluation of a young woman presenting with disseminated embolization from an intracavitary left atrial tumor.
Review of historical case reports detailing systemic embolic rates and cerebrovascular occlusion associated with atrial myxomas.
Left atrial myxomas present with blood flow obstruction, constitutional symptoms, and systemic embolization in up to 45% of patients.
Disseminated tumor emboli produced distinct, previously undescribed pathologic changes in the cerebral vasculature of the patient.

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Population

A young woman with a left atrial myxoma and disseminated emboli

Highlights the potential for left atrial myxoma to cause unique pathologic changes in cerebral vessels via disseminated emboli.

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Donald L. Price (1970) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a712109a528af2d65c3ec4f https://doi.org/10.1001/archneur.1970.00480300080011

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May alert clinicians to myxoma emboli in atypical cerebral vasculopathy; extends histopathologic descriptions but leaves generalizability open from one case.

Cardiac Myxoma

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Cardiac Myxoma

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