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A 24-year-old female with no conventional vascular risk factors presented with multiple cerebral infarctions as the initial clinical manifestation of a left atrial myxoma.
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Highlights that left atrial myxoma can present as multiple cerebral infarctions in young patients without conventional vascular risk factors.
Left atrial myxoma is a rare cause of cardioembolic stroke in adults and when stroke occurs, it is mainly due to arterial embolism in cerebral vessels. Cerebral infarction is the first clinical manifestation in one-third of cases. We report a 24-year-old female patient with left atrial myxoma, and no other conventional vascular risk factors such as hypertension, diabetes or hyperlipidaemia. The patient presented with multiple infarctions as the first clinical manifestation and was diagnosed with a left atrial myxoma. The literature on similar cases was also reviewed.
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Sha et al. (2014) conducted a case report in Left atrial myxoma (n=1). Left atrial myxoma was evaluated on Multiple cerebral infarctions. A 24-year-old female with no conventional vascular risk factors presented with multiple cerebral infarctions as the initial clinical manifestation of a left atrial myxoma.
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