Fatal Disruption of a Left Atrial Myxoma Associated with Trauma
Cardiac myxomas are benign tumors composed of sparse stellate cells in an extensive mucoid stroma. The surface of these tumors is often friable and gelatinous. Their intracardiac location makes embolization a constant threat. We report a patient who had diffuse systemic embolization of a left atrial...
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| description | Cardiac myxomas are benign tumors composed of sparse stellate cells in an extensive mucoid stroma. The surface of these tumors is often friable and gelatinous. Their intracardiac location makes embolization a constant threat. We report a patient who had diffuse systemic embolization of a left atrial myxoma coincident with a low-velocity frontal motor vehicle crash. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-fab9806ca19b4706b398347886afc2d42025-02-03T05:52:17ZengWileyCase Reports in Medicine1687-96271687-96352012-01-01201210.1155/2012/486309486309Fatal Disruption of a Left Atrial Myxoma Associated with TraumaAnthony Iacco0Nazneen Billimoria1Greg Howells2Department of Surgery, Beaumont Health System, 3601 W. Thirteen Mile Road, Royal Oak, MI 48073, USADepartment of Surgery, Beaumont Health System, 3601 W. Thirteen Mile Road, Royal Oak, MI 48073, USADepartment of Surgery, Beaumont Health System, 3601 W. Thirteen Mile Road, Royal Oak, MI 48073, USACardiac myxomas are benign tumors composed of sparse stellate cells in an extensive mucoid stroma. The surface of these tumors is often friable and gelatinous. Their intracardiac location makes embolization a constant threat. We report a patient who had diffuse systemic embolization of a left atrial myxoma coincident with a low-velocity frontal motor vehicle crash.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/486309 |
| spellingShingle | Anthony Iacco Nazneen Billimoria Greg Howells Fatal Disruption of a Left Atrial Myxoma Associated with Trauma Case Reports in Medicine |
| title | Fatal Disruption of a Left Atrial Myxoma Associated with Trauma |
| title_full | Fatal Disruption of a Left Atrial Myxoma Associated with Trauma |
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| title_full_unstemmed | Fatal Disruption of a Left Atrial Myxoma Associated with Trauma |
| title_short | Fatal Disruption of a Left Atrial Myxoma Associated with Trauma |
| title_sort | fatal disruption of a left atrial myxoma associated with trauma |
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