Giant Left Atrial Myxoma Presenting with Acute Ischemic Stroke

Kalbin primer tümörleri seyrek görülmektedir. Atrial miksomalar kalbin en sık görülen selim tümörüdür. Asemptomatik ve rastlantısal olarak görülebildiği gibi hayatı tehdit eden komplikasyonlara da neden olabilirler. Bu yazı da 36 yaşında bir hastada iskemik inmeye neden olan dev bir kalp tümörünün tanısal değerlendirilmesini sunmaktayız. Bu makale akut inmenin ayırıcı tanısında kardiyak tümörlerin de göz önünde bulundurulması gerektiğini göstermektedir. Birçok inme hastasını takip ve tedavi eden aile hekimleri hastalarının kardiyolojik yönden değerlendirilmesini de göz önünde bulundurmalıdır.

Akut İskemik İnme İle Ortaya Çıkan Dev Sol Atriyum Miksoması

Primary cardiac tumors are very rare, atrial myxoma being the most common benign tumor of the heart. They may present with a great variety of incidental asymptomatic masses to severe life-threatening complications. In this article the diagnostic evaluation of such a giant cardiac tumor which presented with acute stroke in a 36-year-old patient is presented. The study demonstrates that it s necessary to include cardiac tumors in the differential diagnosis of acute stroke. Family physicians caring for many stroke patients should consider referring their patients to cardiologists.

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