Ventricular myxoma presenting as acute visual loss.
We report a case of left ventricular myxoma with embolization to the left posterior cerebral artery, causing acute visual loss. The tumor was successfully resected and a follow-up echocardiography after 21 months revealed no evidence of tumor recurrence. The patient also had a past history of testicular seminoma. We believe that this is the first case report of an association of cardiac myxoma and testicular seminoma.
Abo-Auda
W S
WS
Department of Internal Medicine, James H. Quillen College of Medicine, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City 37614, USA.
Chidambaram
B S
BS
Baker
K
K
Whitaker
J
J
D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006352:Heart Ventricles; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009232:Myxoma / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D016609:Neoplasms, Second Primary; D009360:Neoplastic Cells, Circulating; D018239:Seminoma; D013736:Testicular Neoplasms; D014786:Vision Disorders / Q000209:etiology*