[Myxoma of the left atrium diagnosed by pathological examination of an embolism of the aortic bifurcation (author's transl)].
The case reported was a 69-year-old patient with a myxoma of the left atrium presenting as multiple emboli: acute ischaemia of the lower limbs preceded, three months before, by a spontaneously regressive right hemiplegia which, in view of the patient's age, was considered to be a simple manifestation of atherosclerosis. The diagnostic value of the echocardiogram in cases of systemic emboli of undetermined origin is stressed.
D000368:Aged; D001012:Aorta, Abdominal / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D004617:Embolism / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006429:Hemiplegia / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D007511:Ischemia / Q000209:etiology; D009232:Myxoma / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011859:Radiography
Myxome de l'oreillette gauche diagnostiqué par examen anatomique d'un embole de la fourche aortique.