Left Ventricular Thrombus and Embolic Stroke Caused by a Functional Paraganglioma
@article{Buchbinder2009LeftVT, title={Left Ventricular Thrombus and Embolic Stroke Caused by a Functional Paraganglioma}, author={N. Buchbinder and R. Yu and B. Rosenbloom and C. T. Sherman and A. Silberman}, journal={The Journal of Clinical Hypertension}, year={2009}, volume={11} }
CASE HISTORY A 49-year-old Caucasian man was admitted for elective transesophageal echocardiography to examine whether he had a patent foramen ovale. One month before this admission, the patient had flulike symptoms, left upper quadrant abdominal pain, and constipation for 2 weeks. He then developed a 1-minute episode of garbled speech and left upper extremity weakness that lasted for 24 hours. He was admitted into another hospital. An abdominal computed tomography (CT) scan revealed a large… CONTINUE READING
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