Key result
Left atrial myxoma causes cerebral embolic ischemic stroke in a previously asymptomatic 40-year-old male.
Case Report (n=1)
Atrial myxoma should be considered as a potential cardiogenic source of embolic stroke even in apparently asymptomatic young patients.
Highlights need for cardiac imaging in young stroke patients with perinatal injury; leaves open systematic screening recommendations.
A myxoma is the most common primary tumor of the heart. It has been reported as the source of a cardiogenic embolism. Therefore, it is important for clinicians to detect the myxoma early to prevent complications like cerebral embolic stroke. This report presents the case of a 40-year-old male with birth asphyxial injury whose first clinical manifestation of atrial myxoma was an ischemic stroke. Atrial myxoma was later confirmed as the cause of his symptoms by echocardiography and cardiac CT scan along with Doppler studies.
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Mathur et al. (2016) conducted a case report in Atrial myxoma and cerebral embolic ischemic stroke (n=1). Atrial myxoma was evaluated on Diagnosis of cerebral embolic ischemic stroke. A previously asymptomatic 40-year-old male with a history of birth asphyxia developed a cerebral embolic ischemic stroke caused by a left atrial myxoma.
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