title: [Cardiac myxoma with central retinal artery occlusion, hemiparesis and epileptic seizure in a 9-year-old patient].
abstract: A cardiac myxoma is a very rare cause for a central retinal artery occlusion (CRAO). We report the case of a nine-year-old boy who had an epileptic seizure, the computer-tomographically suspected diagnosis was intracerebral granulomas of unknown etiology. Five months later he suffered an acute hemiparesis and a CRAO. Through echocardiography the diagnosis of a cardiac myxoma was determined. This case shows the importance of the differential diagnosis "cardiac myxoma" in cases of central retinal artery occlusion in young patients especially with additional neurological disorders.
authors.affiliation: Augenklinik des Kantonsspitals, Aarau.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Sachers
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Guignard
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004452:Echocardiography; D004829:Epilepsy, Generalized / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D005451:Fluorescein Angiography; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D006429:Hemiplegia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D002542:Intracranial Embolism and Thrombosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D009232:Myxoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D009360:Neoplastic Cells, Circulating; D015356:Retinal Artery Occlusion / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*
vernacular_title: Kardiales Myxom mit Zentralarterienverschluss, Hemiparese und epileptischem Anfall bei einem 9jährigen Patienten.