Bilateral acute lower limb ischemia secondary to complete embolization of cardiac myxoma.

Abstract

Cardiac myxomas are the most common benign cardiac tumors in adults that can present with peripheral embolization. Complete detachments of myxomas are rare and tend to cause aortoiliac embolism. We report a case of a middle-aged woman with bilateral popliteal artery and segmental renal artery embolisms secondary to a completely detached cardiac myxoma. This case highlights cardiac myxomas as an important cause of acute limb ischemia and that it is not excluded by a normal echocardiogram result.