Left Atrial Myxoma Presenting as Lateral Medullary (Wallenberg’s) Syndrome
Myxomas are benign, primary tumors of the heart. Atrial myxomas can present with a variety of clinical features including dyspnea, orthopnea, pulmonary edema, and pulmonary or systemic emboli. Constitutional symptoms such as fever and weight loss may also be present. We report the case of a young fe...
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| author | Simran Gupta Ricky Ayala Aakash Desai Viraj I. Modi Robert J. Nardino |
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| description | Myxomas are benign, primary tumors of the heart. Atrial myxomas can present with a variety of clinical features including dyspnea, orthopnea, pulmonary edema, and pulmonary or systemic emboli. Constitutional symptoms such as fever and weight loss may also be present. We report the case of a young female presenting with headache, facial numbness, and vertigo, who was found to have a posterolateral medullary stroke secondary to a large left atrial cardiac myxoma. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-49184ba9dc5e4b11ba1a9ba34def44392025-02-03T06:05:23ZengWileyCase Reports in Cardiology2090-64042090-64122019-01-01201910.1155/2019/56102135610213Left Atrial Myxoma Presenting as Lateral Medullary (Wallenberg’s) SyndromeSimran Gupta0Ricky Ayala1Aakash Desai2Viraj I. Modi3Robert J. Nardino4Department of Internal Medicine, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, UCONN Health, Farmington, CT, USADepartment of Internal Medicine, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, UCONN Health, Farmington, CT, USADepartment of Internal Medicine, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, UCONN Health, Farmington, CT, USADepartment of Internal Medicine, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, UCONN Health, Farmington, CT, USADepartment of Internal Medicine, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, UCONN Health, Farmington, CT, USAMyxomas are benign, primary tumors of the heart. Atrial myxomas can present with a variety of clinical features including dyspnea, orthopnea, pulmonary edema, and pulmonary or systemic emboli. Constitutional symptoms such as fever and weight loss may also be present. We report the case of a young female presenting with headache, facial numbness, and vertigo, who was found to have a posterolateral medullary stroke secondary to a large left atrial cardiac myxoma.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/5610213 |
| spellingShingle | Simran Gupta Ricky Ayala Aakash Desai Viraj I. Modi Robert J. Nardino Left Atrial Myxoma Presenting as Lateral Medullary (Wallenberg’s) Syndrome Case Reports in Cardiology |
| title | Left Atrial Myxoma Presenting as Lateral Medullary (Wallenberg’s) Syndrome |
| title_full | Left Atrial Myxoma Presenting as Lateral Medullary (Wallenberg’s) Syndrome |
| title_fullStr | Left Atrial Myxoma Presenting as Lateral Medullary (Wallenberg’s) Syndrome |
| title_full_unstemmed | Left Atrial Myxoma Presenting as Lateral Medullary (Wallenberg’s) Syndrome |
| title_short | Left Atrial Myxoma Presenting as Lateral Medullary (Wallenberg’s) Syndrome |
| title_sort | left atrial myxoma presenting as lateral medullary wallenberg s syndrome |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/5610213 |
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