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040 _cFEU-NRMF MEDICAL LIBRARY
041 _aEnglish
050 _aMED20090005
100 _aVencio, Melinda, MD.
_eauthor
245 _aAtrial myxoma causing a cardioembolic stroke :
_ba case report /
_cMelinda Vencio.
260 _aFairview, Quezon City
_bDepartment of Medicine, FEU-NRMF,
_c2009
300 _bphotos (black and white);
_c(in folder)
336 _atext
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
_2rdacarrier
504 _aIncludes appendices and bibliographical references.
520 _aABSTRACT: This is a case of a 62 years old female, hypertensive for 1 year maintained on Amlodipine and Atenolol who had sudden loss of consciousness. She was diagnosed a month prior to consultation with Left Atrial Myxoma. DWMRI was done which revealed varying sizes of acute infarction in the cerebellum and cerebrum with hemorrhagic conversion in the right medial occipital lobe and left medial frontal lobe. 2 D echocardiography was also done which revealed a mobile irregularly shaped echogenic density measuring 5.7 x 2.7 cm attached to the mid atrial septum by a stalk prolapsing into the mitral valve. Left atrial mass consider myxoma.
521 _aRESDM
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