new_n_lost
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A 51-year-old woman has had several syncopal episodes over the past year. Each episode is characterized by sudden but brief loss of consciousness. She has no chest pain. She has no ankle edema. On brain MRI there is a 1.5 cm cystic area in the left parietal cortex. A chest X-ray shows no cardiac enlargement, and her lung fields are normal. Her serum total cholesterol is 6.5 mmol/L.
Which of the following cardiac lesions is she most likely to have?
1) Cardiac amyloidosis
2) Ischemic cardiomyopathy
3) Left atrial myxoma
4) Mitral valve prolapse
5) Tuberculous pericarditis
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| Luckyall
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is 3 ) i think with LA myx. there is cerebral embol. & most common in the parietal cortex
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| new_n_lost
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Cmon Ppl 17 Views n only One Person Answers
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| me007
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of all given only myxoma most likely cause embolization
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Atrial myxomas are more often on the left. Though benign, they can occlude the mitral valve and produce sudden loss of cardiac output. They may embolize small portions of themselves or thrombus forned over their surface.
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| drmohamed811
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the answer is 3
you have to know this concept.........once you see in the stem of the question the following data you have to chooce (lt atrial myxoma):
1- symptoms + signs of low cardiac output (syncope)
2- any evidence of metastasis
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