Engelsk titel: Cardiac myxoma - a rare cause of cerebral embolism
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Författare:
Thielke D
;
Thyssen JP
;
Marquard Sejersen H
Email: jacpth01@geh.regionh.dk
Språk: Dan
Antal referenser: 4
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UI-nummer: 08081778
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.