Abstract

VELEZ, Jorge Luis; BUCHELI, Ramiro; LOPEZ RONDON, Edgar  and  CIFUENTES, Paulina. Malignant infarction of the right medial cerebral artery due to embolism from an atrial myxoma: A case report. Rev Med Hered [online]. 2019, vol.30, n.2, pp.105-109. ISSN 1018-130X.  http://dx.doi.org/https://doi.org/10.20453/rmh.v30i2.3551.

Cardiac myxoma is a benign neoplasm, when it is located in the left atrium it is potentially associated with systemic embolism, and it is a rare cause of cerebral embolism. The diagnosis of cardiac myxoma is usually incidental, being found as a results of searching for other clinical conditions. We present the case of a patient who probably had a cardiac myxoma of the left atrium that induced a malignant infarction in the territory of the left medial cerebral artery, bedside heart ultrasound was a relevant diagnostic procedure in this patient.

Keywords : Myxoma; brain ischemia; middle cerebral artery; echocardiography.

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