Ventricular myxoma presenting as acute visual loss

Tenn Med. 1998 Oct;91(10):391-2.

Abstract

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.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Heart Neoplasms / complications
  • Heart Neoplasms / diagnosis*
  • Heart Ventricles*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Myxoma / complications
  • Myxoma / diagnosis*
  • Neoplasms, Second Primary
  • Neoplastic Cells, Circulating
  • Seminoma
  • Testicular Neoplasms
  • Vision Disorders / etiology*