Myxomatous embolization resulting in unilateral amaurosis.
A patient with sudden, painless monocular blindness is an uncommon emergency department presentation. Despite often futile attempts to treat the blindness, most clinicians search for a source of possible embolization. A patient is presented that developed monocular blindness without a clinically apparent source. Advanced diagnostic imaging showed a previously undetected atrial myxoma. The salient clinical features, diagnostic techniques, and therapeutic interventions for this uncommon cardiac tumor are discussed.
Furlong
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Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte, NC.
Verdile
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D000368:Aged; D001766:Blindness / Q000209:etiology*; D004452:Echocardiography; D004630:Emergencies; D005260:Female; D006325:Heart Atria; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D009232:Myxoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D009360:Neoplastic Cells, Circulating