January 1, 1981Neuro-Ophthalmology

Recurrent vascular obstructions from left atrial myxoma

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Population

1 55-year-old male presenting with acute visual loss secondary to left central retinal artery obstruction…

Design

Case_report

Authors

LDLarry A. DonosoUniversity of Utah LMLarry E. MagargalGlostrup Hospital RERichard A. EifermanUniversity of Louisville

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May support considering atrial myxoma in CRAO with multifocal emboli; hypothesis-generating case report requiring prospective validation.

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Population

1 55-year-old male presenting with acute visual loss secondary to left central retinal artery obstruction and middle cerebral artery embolization, with a history of left popliteal artery obstruction.

Intervention

Surgical excision of atrial myxoma

Outcome

Confirmation of atrial myxoma diagnosis

Atrial myxoma should be considered in the differential diagnosis of patients presenting with acute central retinal artery obstruction and multifocal embolization.

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Donoso et al. (1981) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a952b2619dbadbb777cf54b https://doi.org/10.3109/01658108109010261

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Recurrent vascular obstructions from left atrial myxoma

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