title: Resection of left ventricular myxoma after embolic stroke.
abstract: Cardiac myxoma is the most common primary tumor of the heart. The tumor is located mainly in the left atrium but can arise from any heart chamber. Clinical symptoms are variable but dyspnea and embolism are the most frequent. We report a case of a young man that had embolic ischemic stroke caused by a large left ventricular myxoma. The patient underwent surgery three weeks after the stroke. The tumor was carefully resected without fragmentation. Surgical treatment was effective. We emphasize the rarity of this location together with a review of the current literature.
authors.affiliation: Hospital dos Fornecedores de Cana, Avenida Barão de Valença 716, Piracicaba. vinicius@sbccv.org.br
authors.forename: Marcus Vinicius Ferraz de
authors.initials: MV
authors.lastname: Arruda
authors.forename: Domingo Marcolino
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Braile
authors.forename: Marcos Rogério
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Joaquim
authors.forename: Marcelo José Ferreira
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Soares
authors.forename: Raquel Helena
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Alves
mesh_terms: D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D020766:Intracranial Embolism / Q000209:etiology; D008297:Male; D009232:Myxoma / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D020521:Stroke / Q000209:etiology; D055815:Young Adult