Acute Lower Limb Ischaemia as a Presenting Sign of Atrial Myxoma: Case Report and Scoping Review of the Literature.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Cardiac myxomas (CMs) are the most common primary cardiac tumour in adults. They are a rare cause of peripheral embolisation and may present as acute lower limb ischaemia (ALI). A scoping review was undertaken and a case of ALI due to CM embolisation is presented in this paper.

Methods

MEDLINE, Scopus, and Embase were systematically searched for studies reporting data on ALI as a presentation of CM embolisation. The Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses Extension for Scoping Reviews (PRISMA-ScR) was followed.

Results

A healthy 26 year old female presented to the emergency department with bilateral ALI. Urgent bilateral aorto-iliac embolectomy and distal embolectomy of the left femoropopliteal axis were performed. The retrieved em

SUBMITTER: Settembrini AM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11422033 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature