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Metastatic lesions of atrial myxoma. A pathologist can clinch them all
Author(s) -
Rajeshwari Madhu,
Subramanian Priyadarsani,
Suri Vaishali,
Nambirajan Aruna,
Garg Ajay,
Vibha Deepti,
Phalak Manoj,
Sharma Mehar Chand
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
neuropathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.701
H-Index - 61
eISSN - 1440-1789
pISSN - 0919-6544
DOI - 10.1111/neup.12640
Subject(s) - medicine , myxoma , pathological , atrial myxoma , pathology , embolization , intracerebral hemorrhage , left atrial myxoma , parenchyma , stroke (engine) , radiology , cardiology , subarachnoid hemorrhage , left atrium , atrial fibrillation , mechanical engineering , engineering
Atrial myxomas are the most common primary benign cardiac tumors. The embolization of tumor particles is not infrequent, and in nearly half of them, the cerebral arteries are affected, usually leading to embolic ischemic stroke. Formation of intracranial aneurysms, development of parenchymal brain metastasis, and intracerebral hemorrhage due to ruptured aneurysms are rarer. Diagnosis of such lesions in a previously undiagnosed case of myxoma may be challenging for a pathologist. Herein, we present two patients of cardiac myxoma with varied neurological manifestations and their pathological findings.