Cerebral ischemia as initial neurological manifestation of atrial myxoma: case report
Cerebral infarctions of cardiac etiology are observed in around 20% of patients with ischemic stroke. Cerebral ischemia is the first clinical manifestation in 1/3 of cases of atrial myxomas. Although almost half of patients with atrial myxoma show changes at neurological exam, non-hemorrhagic cerebr...
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| author | Almeida Leila Azevedo de Hueb João Carlos Silva Marcos Augusto de Moraes Bazan Rodrigo Estrozi Bruna Raffin Cesar N. |
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| description | Cerebral infarctions of cardiac etiology are observed in around 20% of patients with ischemic stroke. Cerebral ischemia is the first clinical manifestation in 1/3 of cases of atrial myxomas. Although almost half of patients with atrial myxoma show changes at neurological exam, non-hemorrhagic cerebral infarction is seen in computed tomography in practically all cases. We present the case of a 40 year-old woman whose first clinical manifestation of atrial myxoma was an ischemic stroke. We point out to the possibility of silent cerebral infarction in atrial myxoma patients. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-1c03ec41f67642309dd62a2b7eb142cc2025-08-20T02:01:51ZengThieme Revinter PublicaçõesArquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria0004-282X1678-42272006-01-01643A660663Cerebral ischemia as initial neurological manifestation of atrial myxoma: case reportAlmeida Leila Azevedo deHueb João CarlosSilva Marcos Augusto de MoraesBazan RodrigoEstrozi BrunaRaffin Cesar N.Cerebral infarctions of cardiac etiology are observed in around 20% of patients with ischemic stroke. Cerebral ischemia is the first clinical manifestation in 1/3 of cases of atrial myxomas. Although almost half of patients with atrial myxoma show changes at neurological exam, non-hemorrhagic cerebral infarction is seen in computed tomography in practically all cases. We present the case of a 40 year-old woman whose first clinical manifestation of atrial myxoma was an ischemic stroke. We point out to the possibility of silent cerebral infarction in atrial myxoma patients.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X2006000400027brain embolismatrial myxomaischemic stroke |
| spellingShingle | Almeida Leila Azevedo de Hueb João Carlos Silva Marcos Augusto de Moraes Bazan Rodrigo Estrozi Bruna Raffin Cesar N. Cerebral ischemia as initial neurological manifestation of atrial myxoma: case report Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria brain embolism atrial myxoma ischemic stroke |
| title | Cerebral ischemia as initial neurological manifestation of atrial myxoma: case report |
| title_full | Cerebral ischemia as initial neurological manifestation of atrial myxoma: case report |
| title_fullStr | Cerebral ischemia as initial neurological manifestation of atrial myxoma: case report |
| title_full_unstemmed | Cerebral ischemia as initial neurological manifestation of atrial myxoma: case report |
| title_short | Cerebral ischemia as initial neurological manifestation of atrial myxoma: case report |
| title_sort | cerebral ischemia as initial neurological manifestation of atrial myxoma case report |
| topic | brain embolism atrial myxoma ischemic stroke |
| url | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X2006000400027 |
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