title: [Neurologic complications of cardiac myxomas].
abstract: Cardiac myxomas are rare tumours complicated by faintness or syncope usually occurring in upright position and due to obstruction of a cardiac valve orifice. Myxomas are also manifested by neurological deficits caused by myxomatous or fibrino-cruoric cerebral emboli. Intracranial aneurysms and metastases are exceptional. The simplest and most reliable diagnostic method is transthoracic two-dimensional cardiac echography. Treatment consists of surgical excision which has very low morbidity, mortality and recurrence rates.
authors.affiliation: Clinique neurologique, CHU Gui de Chauliac, Montpellier.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Labauge
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Messner-Pellenc
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Blard
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Labauge
mesh_terms: D004452:Echocardiography; D005602:France / Q000453:epidemiology; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D002542:Intracranial Embolism and Thrombosis / Q000209:etiology*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D009232:Myxoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000601:surgery; D012008:Recurrence; D013575:Syncope / Q000209:etiology
vernacular_title: Complications neurologiques des myxomes cardiaques.