Key result
Complete left atrial myxoma embolization causes total suprarenal aortic occlusion in a 54-year-old man.
Why the study?
Complete embolization of a left atrial myxoma causing total occlusion of the suprarenal abdominal aorta is a rare clinical event requiring awareness for diagnosis.
Case Report (n=1)
Complete embolization of a left atrial myxoma can cause total occlusion of the suprarenal abdominal aorta, presenting with acute thoracic pain, paraplegia, and acute renal failure.
Alerts clinicians to myxoma embolization in acute suprarenal aortic occlusion; extends sparse case literature without altering practice.
We report a rare case of complete embolization of a left atrial myxoma resulting in total occlusion of the suprarenal abdominal aorta. A 54-year-old man was admitted to hospital because of acute thoracic pain with paraplegia and acute renal failure. Abdominal computed tomography and angiography showed evidence of total occlusion of the suprarenal aorta. Intraoperatively, the aorta was found to be occluded by a hard neoformation, histologically defined as atrial myxoma. A diagnosis of atrial myxoma should be suspected in young patients suffering from acute thoracic pain and affected by paraplegia and acute renal failure. Early diagnosis may significantly abate the morbidity and mortality rates associated with this condition.
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Veroux et al. (2002) conducted a case report in Acute occlusion of abdominal aorta due to left atrial myxoma embolization (n=1). Left atrial myxoma embolization was evaluated on Total occlusion of the suprarenal aorta. A 54-year-old man with acute thoracic pain, paraplegia, and acute renal failure was found to have total occlusion of the suprarenal abdominal aorta caused by complete embolization of a left atrial myxoma.
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