[Myxoma and antiphospholipid antibody syndrome].
We report a 26 years old female with a Cerebral Palsy as a consequence of a perinatal vascular accident. She was admitted in August 1996 with a left hemiplegia due to a right M1 median artery thrombotic occlusion, as demonstrated by magnetic resonance imaging angiography. Transesophagical bi-dimensional echocardiography showed a right atrial myxoma and ruled out the persistence of an oval foramen. The study of coagulation disorders lead to the diagnosis of a primary antiphospholipid syndrome. We postulate that interleukin-6 produced by the myxoma could trigger an immunological reaction leading to the primary antiphospholipid syndrome.
Quintanilla
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Hospital Militar, Servicio de Neurología, Santiago, Chile.
Ferrer
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Bravo
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D000328:Adult; D017152:Antibodies, Antiphospholipid / Q000276:immunology*; D016736:Antiphospholipid Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D002536:Cerebral Arteries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002561:Cerebrovascular Disorders / Q000209:etiology / Q000276:immunology*; D005260:Female; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D009232:Myxoma / Q000150:complications*; D011859:Radiography; D014463:Ultrasonography
D017152:Antibodies, Antiphospholipid
Mixoma y sindrome de anticuerpos antifosfolípidos.