Systemic vasculitis as the initial presentation of a left atrial myxoma [Vasculite sistémica como apresentação inicial de um mixoma auricular esquerdo.]

• Type: Another Publication in an International Scientific Journal
• Date: 1997

Authors

Macedo, ME (Author) Other; Reis, R (Author) Other; Sottomayor, C (Author) Other; Rui Nunes (Author) FMUP; Candeias, O (Author) Other; Gomes, MR (Author) Other; de Freitas, AF (Author) Other

Journal

Title: Revista Portuguesa de Cardiologia

Vol. 16 No. 6

Initial page: 463

ISSN: 0870-2551

Publisher: Sociedade Portuguesa De Cardiologia

Indexing

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Other information

Authenticus ID: P-008-Q2T

Abstract (EN): Left atrial myxoma remains a diagnostic challenge. The authors briefly review previously reported cases and their individualistic clinical and laboratory features. This report documents an unusual clinical presentation, initially directing attention to the central nervous system as well as bilateral tenderness and weakness of the extremities. The illness was considered to be a vasculitis until thirty-one months later when the diagnosis of left atrial myxoma was made. The tumor was successfully removed.

Language: Portuguese

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific