Cardiac myxoma causing acute ischemic stroke in a pediatric patient and a review of literature

Pediatric Neurology

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 525-529

  Fuchs, Jennifer ^a   Leszczyszyn, David ^a,b   Mathew, Don ^a,b  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

acute hemiplegia; cardiac myxoma; children; evanescent rash; retinal artery occlusion; stroke

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CASE REPORT; CHILBLAIN; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLONUS; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; DAY HOSPITAL; DYSARTHRIA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; GAZE; HEART ATRIUM MYXOMA; HEMIPARESIS; HEMIPLEGIA; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LIMB WEAKNESS; MALE; MECHANICAL THROMBECTOMY; MEDICAL HISTORY; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; MYCOSIS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PARIETAL LOBE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIMARY MOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; RAYNAUD PHENOMENON; REHABILITATION; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCCER; TEMPORAL LOBE; BRAIN; COMPLICATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FOOT; HEART ATRIUM; HEART NEOPLASMS; MYXOMA; PATHOLOGY; STROKE;

BRAIN; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FOOT; HEART ATRIA; HEART NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MYXOMA; STROKE;

EID: 84921425047     PISSN: 08878994     EISSN: 18735150     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2014.01.011     Document Type: Article

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