title: Concomitant percutaneous aortic embolectomy and excision of left atrial myxoma in a child.
abstract: Cardiac myxoma is rare in children and often associated with cerebrovascular events. Reported herein is the case of a 9-year-old boy who presented with acute obstruction of the aortic bifurcation associated with a huge left atrial (LA) myxoma, thereby leading to acute ischemia of the lower extremities. Immediate surgical removal of the LA myxoma with concomitant percutaneous embolectomy using a Forgathy catheter was done, with relief of ischemic symptoms. Cardiac myxoma should always be considered in the case of acute embolic events in children, given that it needs immediate intervention to prevent further complications.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Seoul St Mary's Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Eun-Jung
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Sena
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Moon
authors.forename: Jae Young
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Joon Kyu
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Kang
authors.forename: Yun Hee
authors.initials: YH
authors.lastname: Chang
mesh_terms: D001012:Aorta, Abdominal; D001018:Aortic Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D002648:Child; D004452:Echocardiography; D017128:Embolectomy / Q000379:methods*; D006325:Heart Atria; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D019028:Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Cine; D008297:Male; D009232:Myxoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D009360:Neoplastic Cells, Circulating; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
keywords: cardiac tumor; embolism; percutaneous embolectomy; stroke