Left Ventricular Myxoma with Embolization Causes Acute Infrarenal Aortic Occlusion

Int J Angiol. 2018 Mar;27(1):43-45. doi: 10.1055/s-0037-1599240. Epub 2017 Mar 10.

Abstract

Atrial myxoma is the most common benign tumor of the heart; moreover, atrial myxoma embolization to the peripheral vessels is rare. We present an unusual case of total acute infrarenal aortic occlusion resulting from embolic implantation from a left ventricular myxoma. A 37-year-old man with acute lower limbs ischemia, spinal cord ischemia, and acute renal insufficiency was urgently operated and discharged after surgery.

Keywords: aortic occlusion; embolization; left ventricular myxoma.

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