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Kardialt myksom - en sjaelden årsag til iskaemisk stroke
Engelsk titel: Cardiac myxoma - a rare cause of cerebral embolism Läs online Författare: Thielke D ; Thyssen JP ; Marquard Sejersen H Språk: Dan Antal referenser: 4 Dokumenttyp: Fallbeskrivning UI-nummer: 08081778

Tidskrift

Ugeskrift for Laeger 2008;170(33)2460 ISSN 0041-5782 E-ISSN 1603-6824 KIBs bestånd av denna tidskrift Denna tidskrift är expertgranskad (Peer-Reviewed)

Sammanfattning

Cardiac myxoma is the most common benign heart tumor. We report a case with multiple brain metastases, presumably due to tumor embolization. It is important to perform transthoracic echocardiography at a very early stage to exclude structural heart disease in patients with signs of multiple brain metastases. Though myxoma is a rare cause of cerebral embolism, detection of this tumor is relatively easy and surgical resection of myxoma is usually a permanent measure to prevent subsequent stroke.