Literature DB >> 18350783

Gerstmann's syndrome: can cardiac myxoma be the cause?

Timothy Sakellaridis1, Michalis Argiriou, Ioannis Koukis, Vicror Panagiotakopoulos, Constantinos Spiliotopoulos, Antonia Dimakopoulou, Christos Charitos.   

Abstract

Cardiac myxomas are primary cardiac tumours. Clinical presentations vary. Central nervous embolism has been a constant association. We describe a case of a 40-year-old female who presented with neurological signs and symptoms of Gerstmann's syndrome secondary to a left atrial myxoma.

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Year:  2008        PMID: 18350783

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Hellenic J Cardiol        ISSN: 1109-9666


  2 in total

1.  Atypical presentation of the most typical cardiac tumor.

Authors:  E D Pagourelias; K Rossios; P Kyriakou; M Mavroudi; D Tanos; V Vassilikos
Journal:  Herz       Date:  2013-05-29       Impact factor: 1.443

Review 2.  Extracardiac manifestations of atrial myxomas.

Authors:  Braghadheeswar Thyagarajan; Monisha Priyadarshini Kumar; Shil Patel; Abhinav Agrawal
Journal:  J Saudi Heart Assoc       Date:  2016-07-25
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