Highlights a rare presentation of a left ventricular cardiac myxoma causing an ischemic stroke.
Alerts to myxoma in atypical chambers after embolism; leaves open validation in larger cohorts.
Primary heart tumors are a rare entity among neoplasms, among them myxoma is the main lesion reported in more than 50% of cases. Myxomas are generally located in the left atrium, however they can be located in any cardiac chamber. Its diagnosis is usually incidental, after some complication, mainly thromboembolic. Transthoracic echocardiography is the first diagnostic method used, however, biopsy with immunohistochemistry is the gold standard.
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