title: [Cardiac myxoma with cerebral metastases].
abstract: A 56 year old woman developed multiple metastases in the cerebrum and cerebellum, four years after cardiac intervention on a left atrial myxoma. The absence of stroke is noteworthy. Multiple high density lesions with contrast enhancement were seen by CT scan, suggesting metastatic neoplasms. Histological examination confirmed the diagnosis of metastases of cardiac myxoma. Only four cases were recorded in the literature.
authors.affiliation: Service de Neurochirurgie, Hôpital Maison-Blanche, Reims.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bazin
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Peruzzi
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Baudrillard
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pluot
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Rousseaux
mesh_terms: D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000556:secondary* / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D006325:Heart Atria; D006338:Heart Neoplasms; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009232:Myxoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000556:secondary*; D011379:Prognosis; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
vernacular_title: Myxome cardiaque avec métastases cérébrales.