Giant left atrial myxoma causing acute ischemic stroke in a child

Giant left atrial myxoma causing acute ischemic stroke in a child

Abstract Ischemic stroke is uncommon in pediatric populations and is sometimes caused by cardiac myxoma. In such cases, neurological deficits initially present in ischemic stroke due to emboli or thrombi of the myxoma. Echocardiography is helpful to diagnose myxoma in a timely manner and allows urge...

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Main Authors: Hayato Ise, Natsuya Ishikawa, Sentaro Nakanishi, Hiroyuki Kamiya
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2018-01-01
Series:Surgical Case Reports
Subjects:
Myxoma
Ischemic stroke
Hemiparesis
Pediatric
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40792-017-0411-2

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