title: Ocular and Cerebral Emboli From an Atrial Myxoma.
abstract: Emboli from an atrial myxoma resulted in asymptomatic segmental retinal and choroidal arterial hyperfluorescent lesions on retinal angiography, mimicking an arteritis. The retinal lesions disappeared after removal of the atrial myxoma. Endothelial trauma by embolic material appears to be the mechanism of the angiographic findings.
authors.affiliation: Neuro-Ophthalmology Unit, Hôpital Ophtalmique Jules Gonin, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Anne
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kuonen
authors.forename: François-Xavier
authors.initials: FX
authors.lastname: Borruat
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002533:Cerebral Angiography; D004617:Embolism / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D005260:Female; D005451:Fluorescein Angiography; D005654:Fundus Oculi; D006325:Heart Atria; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D020766:Intracranial Embolism / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D009232:Myxoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D012160:Retina / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D012164:Retinal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D012171:Retinal Vessels; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed