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KMID : 0882420080740000153
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Korean Journal of Medicine
2008 Volume.74 No. 0 p.153 ~ p.157
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A case of myxoma with ischemic stroke as initial manifestation
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Park Ye-Ree
Moon Dong-Kyu
Lee So-Young
Moon Hyung-Il
Kim Seong-Hun
Chang Ki-Yuk
Jeon Hui-Kyung
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Abstract
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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. (Korean J Med 74:S153-S157, 2008)
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KEYWORD
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Myxoma, Cerebrovascular accident
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