title: Atrial myxoma presenting with total occlusion of the abdominal aorta and multiple peripheral embolism.
abstract: Cardiac myxoma is a rare disease with a variety of nonspecific clinical manifestations. Embolic phenomenon is a well-known entity. However, total occlusion of the descending aorta by saddle embolus is very unusual. We report a patient with cardiac myxoma who presented with acute onset of bilateral lower limb ischemia and total occlusion of the abdominal aorta by a large saddle embolus.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Sha'are Zedek Medical Center, Israel.
authors.forename: Linda
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Shavit
authors.forename: Liat
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Appelbaum
authors.forename: Tal
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Grenader