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Table 3 Review of non-cardiac presentations of cardiac myxomas in the pediatric literature

From: Rare presentation of an atrial myxoma in an adolescent patient: a case report and literature review

Reference

Number of patients; age (years)/Gender

Systemic symptoms

Embolic signs

Elevated IL-6

Xu [25]

1;13/F

None

Headache

NA

Goldberg [15]

1; 3/M

None

Right hemiparesis, red spots on foot; died

NA

Omeroglu [26]

2; 4/F, 6/F

None

Stroke

NA

Al-Mateen [22]

2; 11/F, 10/M

None

Acute hemiplegia, transient ischemic attack, red spots

NA

Hovels [16]

1; 6/F

Fever, arthralgia

None

yes

Park [17]

1; 5/M

Vasculitis

None

NA

Shiraishi [18]

1

Fever

none

NA

Patel [20]

1;17 /M

Fatigue; rash

none

NA

Kaminsky [21]

1;14/M

Arthropathy

None

NA

Saji [19]

1

NA

NA

NA

Domanski [27]

1; 8/M

None

Stroke

NA

Tipton [28]

1; 17/M

None

Right hemiparesis, lethargy

NA

Bobo [29]

1; 15/F

None

Right hemiparesis, headache

NA

Tonz [30]

1; 8/M

None

Right hemiparesis, seizures, aphasia, red spots, retinal artery occlusion

NA

Hung [31]

1; 10/F

None

Right hemiparesis, retinal artery occlusion

NA

Bayir [32]

1; 14/F

None

Right hemiparesis, aphasia, slurred speech, cool right leg

NA

Landers [33]

1; 8/F

None

Right hemiparesis, expressive aphasia, pulmonary embolus

NA

Macias

1:13/F

Fever, fatigue

Purpura/distal emboli

No

  1. Embolic signs include stoke, purpura, retinal artery occlusion. Systemic symptoms include fever, arthralgia, and fatigue. NA not applicable as not evaluated or not mentioned in work up