منابع مشابه
Cardiac myxomas with systemic embolization. Review of the literature and report of a case.
T HE PURPOSE of this paper is to emphasize the occurrence of systemic embolism as a sign, often the presenting one, of cardiac myxomas. The literature is reviewed and a new case reported. Primary cardiac tumors are rare. They have been found in 0.05 per cent of autopsied material; secondary metastatic cardiac tumors occur in 0.6 per cent of cases.1 The antemortem diagnosis of primary cardiac tu...
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Cardiac tumors are rare, and of these, primary cardiac tumors are even rarer. Metastatic cardiac tumors are about 100 times more common than the primary tumors. About 90% of primary cardiac tumors are benign, and of these the most common are cardiac myxomas. Approximately 12% of primary cardiac tumors are completely asymptomatic while others present with one or more signs and symptoms of the cl...
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We report the case of a 42-year-old female with a second recurrence of cardiac myxoma. Her first diagnosis was at the age of 24 years, when cardiac tumors were withdrawn from her right ventricle and left atrium. Her first recurrence was at the age of 36 years, when tumors were removed from the left and right atria, and the right ventricle. Six years later, the patient was admitted to the Hospit...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Circulation
سال: 1962
ISSN: 0009-7322,1524-4539
DOI: 10.1161/01.cir.26.1.99