Key result
Large obstructive left atrial myxoma triggers fatal embolic stroke and rapid hemodynamic collapse in an adolescent.
Why the study?
Pediatric cardiac myxomas are rare but may present with embolic stroke and rapidly progress to life-threatening hemodynamic obstruction, requiring early recognition and urgent surgical management.
Case Report (n=1)
Pediatric left atrial myxomas are rare but can present with embolic stroke and rapidly progress to life-threatening hemodynamic obstruction, necessitating early recognition and urgent surgical intervention.
Consider cardiac myxoma in pediatric embolic stroke; case report leaves open optimal timing of intervention.
Pediatric cardiac myxomas are rare but may present with embolic stroke and rapidly progress to life‐threatening hemodynamic obstruction. Ischemic stroke with a suspected embolic source in children should prompt echocardiographic evaluation. Early recognition and urgent surgical management are critical to prevent obstruction, embolization, and death.
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Jocson et al. (2026) conducted a case report in Left atrial myxoma (n=1). Left atrial myxoma was evaluated. A large obstructive left atrial myxoma in a 13-year-old girl initially presented as an embolic stroke and rapidly progressed to severe hemodynamic obstruction, cardiac arrest, and death.
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