Left atrial myxoma presenting with embolism to the aorta.
We present a patient with left atrial myxoma embolizing to the ascending aorta. The features have not been reported previously and were diagnosed with transesophageal echocardiography.
Ponduri
K
K
Department of Medicine, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI 48202, USA.
Alam
M
M
Keohane
M
M
Jafri
S
S
Paone
G
G
D001011:Aorta / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D005260:Female; D006325:Heart Atria; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009232:Myxoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D009360:Neoplastic Cells, Circulating