Left ventricular outflow tract myxoma.
This article reports a left ventricular outflow tract (LVOT) myxoma, presenting with peripheral embolus, in a 90-year-old patient during the follow-up due to ischemic heart disease. Among LVOT myxomas, which are usually very rare and most likely to present with manifestations due to obstruction, this is the first case presenting with peripheral embolus. In this study, diagnosis was based on the histopathological evaluation of the embolectomy material. The report emphasizes the importance of evaluation of the embolectomy material in appropriate patients who present with peripheral emboli, and where an intracardiac mass is suspected.
Gurlertop
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Department of Cardiology, Faculty of Medicine, Atatürk University, Erzurum, Turkey.
Yilmaz
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Erdogan
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Acikel
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Kose
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D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D006352:Heart Ventricles; D006801:Humans; D009232:Myxoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D014463:Ultrasonography