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Ventricular myxoma presenting as acute visual loss.

W S Abo-Auda·B S Chidambaram·K Baker·J Whitaker
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We report a case of left ventricular myxoma with embolization to the left posterior cerebral artery, causing acute visual loss. The tumor was successfully resected and a follow-up echocardiography after 21 months revealed no evidence of tumor recurrence. The patient also had a past history of testicular seminoma. We believe that this is the first case report of an association of cardiac myxoma and testicular seminoma.

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Heart NeoplasmsHeart VentriclesHumansMaleMiddle AgedMyxomaNeoplasms, Second PrimaryNeoplastic Cells, CirculatingSeminomaTesticular NeoplasmsVision DisordersCase ReportsJournal Article

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W S Abo-Auda, B S Chidambaram, K Baker, J Whitaker. 1998. Ventricular myxoma presenting as acute visual loss.. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/9780821/

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