title: [Cerebral infarction, pseudolupic syndrome and myxoma of the left atrium].
abstract: Left atrial myxomas are a rare stroke etiology (0.4%). They frequently present general symptoms such as fever, weight loss and an inflammatory syndrome, but the pseudolupic syndrome with cutaneous features and vasomotor symptoms is rarely described. We report the case of a 38-year old man who presented in March 1995 a stroke caused by a left atrial myxoma. There was also pseudolupic clinical and biological manifestations which disappeared after ablation of the myxoma. Cerebral angiography showed a small carotid aspect which evoked carotid dissection or carotid siphon occlusion. The authors discuss neurologic and pseudolupic manifestations of left atrial myxomas, and their physiopathologic mechanism.
authors.affiliation: Service de neurologie, CHU Ibn Sina, Rabat, Maroc.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Benbouazza
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: el Alaoui Faris
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Benomar
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Chefchaouni
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Amarti
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Fennich
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ztot
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Slaoui
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: el Hassani
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Chkili
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D016279:Atrial Function, Left; D002544:Cerebral Infarction / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008180:Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D008297:Male; D009232:Myxoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery
vernacular_title: Infarctus cérébral, syndrome pseudolupique et myxome de l'oreillette gauche.