We report a case of left ventricular myxoma metastasizing to blood vessels of extremities and causing cutaneous ulceration. Most of left ventricular myxomas are symptomatic (92.7%). Systemic embolism is the most common manifestation (50%) and often leads to death. The propensity of cardiac myxomas to embolize is thought to be related to tumor morphology, with friable and gelatinous myxomas bein...

Two different types of latex calibrated-leak balloon catheters have been developed. One consists of a Teflon catheter with a detachable latex balloon and is used to embolize branches of the external carotid artery. The other consists of a Silastic catheter with a nondetachable latex balloon and is used to embolize brain arteriovenous malformations. An experimental model and animal experiments h...

Pseudoaneurysms are rare complications of chronic pancreatitis and are associated with a high mortality. In this article we demonstrate a novel utilization of endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) technology to embolize a large pancreatic pseudoaneurysm when gold standard therapies had proven futile.

When standard transarterial or transvenous interventional techniques failed to provide access to treat an indirect carotid cavernous fistula, we used sonographically guided direct percutaneous access through the facial vein to successfully embolize a lesion.

•Ovarian cancer, particularly clear cell carcinoma, creates a hypercoagulable state.•This state can predispose to non-bacterial thrombotic endocarditis (NBTE).•NBTE can embolize and cause widespread arterial infarction.•NBTE is sometimes associated with a treatment refractory disseminated coagulopathy.•Surgical removal of the primary mass can sometimes reverse the coagulopathy.

We present a rare case of synovial sarcoma with minimal symptoms that metastasized and threatened to embolize the heart in a 26-year-old male admitted to our hospital for evaluation of low back pain. The tumor made a direct extension to the left atrium and moved freely in the left ventricle outflow tract. We discuss the potential therapeutic modalities in this difficult scenario.