Erythematous papules in a patient with cardiac myxoma: a case report and review of the literature.
A 35-year-old woman was followed up by a physician for one and a half years as a case of transient ischemic attach (TIA) due to thrombosis. She had a few erythematous papules on the dorsal side of her right forearm and on the right side of her neck. From the history of TIA and the transient erythematous papules, we suggested the possibility of cardiac myxoma. Echocardiogram demonstrated a large mass in her left atrium. An immediate operation was carried out, and the cardiac myxoma was excised surgically. Histological examination of the erythematous papule revealed myxoma emboli.
Misago
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Department of Dermatology, Sasebo Kyosai Hospital, Japan.
Tanaka
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Hoshii
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Suda
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Itoh
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D000328:Adult; D004890:Erythema / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D009232:Myxoma / Q000473:pathology*; D009360:Neoplastic Cells, Circulating / Q000473:pathology*; D010257:Paraneoplastic Syndromes / Q000473:pathology*