Left Atrial Myxoma Manifesting as Cerebral Embolism and Multiple Arthralgia: A case report.
- Author:
Sang Won YEO
1
;
Myeong Ok KIM
;
Chang Hwan KIM
;
Jae Joon LEE
;
Han Young JUNG
Author Information
1. Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Inha University College of Medicine, Korea. rmjung@inha.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Atrial myxoma;
Cerebral embolism;
Multiple arthralgia
- MeSH:
Adult;
Aphasia;
Arthralgia;
Cerebral Infarction;
Embolism;
Female;
Fever;
Heart;
Heart Neoplasms;
Hemiplegia;
Humans;
Immune System Diseases;
Incidence;
Intracranial Embolism;
Muscle Weakness;
Myxoma;
Weight Loss
- From:Journal of the Korean Academy of Rehabilitation Medicine
2008;32(6):726-729
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Incidence of cardiac tumor is low among all tumors, but cardiac myxoma is a frequent benign tumor of the heart. Though cardiac myxoma has the classic triad (obstructive cardiac signs, embolism and constitutional manifestations), cardiac investigations may not be performed until the presence of cerebral embolism or cardiac problems, as in the case reported here. It is the reason that constitutional symptoms like myalgia, muscle weakness, arthralgia, fever and weight loss may be overlooked in the absence of any history of cardiac problems or may be confused as other specific immunological diseases. We present a case of a 26-year-old woman whose clinical manifestations of left atrial myxoma were multiple arthralgia, fever caused by constitutional symptoms, hemiplegia and aphasia caused by embolic cerebral infarction.
