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Traumatic atrial myxoma rupture mimicking post-concussive symptoms

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  1. Department of Neurology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, 55 Lake Ave. North, Worcester, MA, 01655, USA

    Yunis Mayasi & Nils Henninger

  2. Department of Pathology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts 01655, USA

    Jennifer Leidy

  3. Department of Psychiatry, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, 01655, USA

    Nils Henninger

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Mayasi, Y., Leidy, J. & Henninger, N. Traumatic atrial myxoma rupture mimicking post-concussive symptoms. Acta Neurol Belg 115, 737–739 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13760-015-0462-8

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Keywords

  • Traumatic Brain Injury
  • Mild Traumatic Brain Injury
  • Hemorrhagic Transformation
  • Blunt Chest Trauma
  • Cardiac Myxoma