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Original Article
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Korean J Med. 2008;74(1):153-157.
- 증례 : 뇌경색으로 발현된 좌심방 점액종 1예
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박예리, 문동규, 이소영, 문형일, 김성훈, 장기육, 전희경
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- A case of myxoma with ischemic stroke as initial manifestation
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Ye-Ree Park, Dong-Kyu Moon, So-Young Lee, Hyung-Il Moon, Seong-Hun Kim, Ki-Yuk Chang, Hui-Kyung Jeon
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경희대학교 의과대학 순환기내과학교실
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- Abstract
- Cardiac myxoma is the most common primary cardiac tumor. It usually develops on the interatrial septum and occurs in the left atrium in more than 75% of cases. It has diverse clinical manifestations which can mimic various other diseases and which can be classified under three headings: constitutional, obstructive, and embolic. The diagnosis can be easily missed unless the clinician has a high index of suspicion. We report a case of cardiac myxoma in a 63 year old woman presenting with tingling sensation in the left arm and dysarthria. On initial exam, this patient seemed to be experiencing a cerebrovascular accident, and her symptoms turned out to be an embolic manifestation of cardiac myxoma.
Keywords :Myxoma, Cerebrovascular accident
