Journal of Rare Cardiovascular Diseases

ISSN: 2299-3711 (Print) e-ISSN: 2300-5505 (Online)

Left atrial myxoma as a cause of multiple cerebral microembolization (RCD code: VI‐1A.1)

Ewa Kwiecień, Mariusz Kafara, Leszek Drabik, Wojciech Płazak

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Abstract

We report a case of a 56-year-old female after breast cancer treatment, who was diagnosed with left atrial myxoma as a rare cause of cerebral and cerebellar stroke.JRCD 2017; 3 (5): 168–170

Keywords

cardiac tumor; cerebral stroke; rare disease

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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.20418%2Fjrcd.vol3no5.287

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