Total disruption of left atrial myxoma causing a cerebral attack and a saddle embolus in the iliac bifurcation.
A patient with emboli in the cerebrum and in the iliac bifurcation complicating left atrial myxoma is described. The pathological features and clinical implications are discussed.
Eriksen
U H
UH
Department of Cardiology, Skejby University Hospital, Aarhus N, Denmark.
Baandrup
U
U
Jensen
B S
BS
D000328:Adult; D001012:Aorta, Abdominal; D004617:Embolism / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006325:Heart Atria; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D007083:Iliac Artery; D002542:Intracranial Embolism and Thrombosis / Q000209:etiology*; D009232:Myxoma / Q000150:complications*