title: Hypertensive crisis associated with cerebellar embolization due to left atrial myxoma.
abstract: In this article, we present an unusual case of hypertensive crisis associated with nonhemorrhagic cerebellar infarction due to embolization of loose tumor fragments of left atrial myxoma.
authors.affiliation: Cardiovascular Research Center, Dedinje Cardiovascular Institute and Belgrade University Medical School, Yugoslavia.
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Lazarević
authors.forename: A N
authors.initials: AN
authors.lastname: Nesković
authors.forename: A D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Popović
mesh_terms: D002526:Cerebellar Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D002544:Cerebral Infarction / Q000209:etiology*; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D005260:Female; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000209:etiology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009232:Myxoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D009360:Neoplastic Cells, Circulating