Coexistence of Acute Cerebral Infarction and Peripheral Embolism in a Patient with Cardiac Myxoma.
- Author:
Jae Gyum KIM
1
;
Kwang Hyun PAN
;
Kyung Hee CHO
Author Information
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords: Cardiac myxoma; Peripheral embolism; Thrombolysis
- MeSH: Arteries; Cerebral Infarction*; Cyanosis; Diagnosis; Embolism*; Hand; Humans; Myxoma*; Physical Examination; Stroke; Thrombosis
- From:Journal of the Korean Neurological Association 2016;34(1):49-51
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
- Abstract: There are rare reports of vascular complications in patients with cardiac myxoma, including both central and peripheral arterial thrombosis. We report on a patient with cerebral infarctions affecting multiple territories, which may have been related to cardiac myxoma. The patient also exhibited cyanosis of the hand. A diagnosis was made of peripheral artery occlusion with myxomatous emboli. A careful physical examination with suspicion of concomitant peripheral embolism is needed in patients with acute embolic stroke induced by cardiac myxoma.
