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A 63 year old woman presented with a rapidly progressive illness resulting in coma within 24 hours from multiple myxomatous emboli.Cranial computed tomographic scan demonstrated multiple hypodensities in both cerebellar and cerebral hemispheres.Postmortem examination revealed virtually complete brain necrosis,multiple peripheral artery embolizations, embolization in the coronary arteries with acute myocardial infarction,and tumor emboli in the spleen and kidneys.Although uncommon,atrial myxoma may present as a fatal multiple organ embolization that includes both anterior and posterior circulation territories of the brain. |
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