Unusual course of right atrial myxoma, masked by acute abdominal pain, and complicated by pulmonary embolus.
Scand Cardiovasc J
; 32(6): 371-3, 1998.
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| ID: mdl-9862100
ABSTRACT
In a 17-year-old youth, exploratory laparotomy for acute abdominal pain was complicated by circulatory arrest related to pulmonary embolism. Echocardiography after resuscitation revealed a hitherto "silent" right atrial myxoma, fragmentation of which had blocked the right atrioventricular ostium, causing the pain. Operation was successful. As only a few similar cases have been reported, pulmonary embolism due to fragmentation of a right atrial myxoma may account for some unexplained sudden deaths beyond medical help.
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01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Embolia Pulmonar
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Abdome Agudo
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Neoplasias Cardíacas
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Mixoma
Tipo de estudo:
Etiology_studies
Limite:
Adolescent
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Humans
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Male
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Scand Cardiovasc J
Assunto da revista:
ANGIOLOGIA
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CARDIOLOGIA
Ano de publicação:
1998
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Polônia