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KMID : 0880520110470010045
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Chonnam Medical Journal
2011 Volume.47 No. 1 p.45 ~ p.47
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Cerebellar Embolization in Patients with Heart Murmur
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Lee Min-Goo
Park Jong-Chun
Ahn Byoung-Hee
Jeong Myung-Ho
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Abstract
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A 76-year-old female present to the emergency department with dysarthria, dizziness, dyspnea. The patient had hypertension and atrial fibrillation. Brain MRI revealed right cerebellar infarction. Transthoracic echocardiography showed a large round mass in the left atrium. Transesophageal echocardiography showed large complex echogenic round mass lesion attached on left atrial side of interatrial septum. Coronary angiogram revealed round movable mass lesion in left atrium with feeding arteries originated from right coronary artery. She underwent removal of mass and Maze operation, and pathologic finding was compatible with myxoma.
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KEYWORD
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Neoplasms, Heart, Embolization
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