title: Cerebral embolism from left atrial myxoma leading to cerebral and retinal aneurysms: a case report.
abstract: Left atrial myxoma commonly leads to cerebral embolic ischemic stroke. The subsequent formation of cerebral aneurysms due to myxomatous emboli is a phenomenon that may lead to severe neurologic complications such as intracerebral hemorrhage. In addition to the formation of aneurysms in cerebral arteries, we report here the unique picture of a retinal involvement consisting in microaneurysm formation associated with myxomatous embolism.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany.
authors.forename: Martin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Herbst
authors.forename: Mike Peter
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Wattjes
authors.forename: Horst
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Urbach
authors.forename: Claudia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Inhetvin-Hutter
authors.forename: Dietmar
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Becker
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Klockgether
authors.forename: Alexander
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hartmann
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000783:Aneurysm / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D015901:Angiography, Digital Subtraction; D001160:Arterioles; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D005451:Fluorescein Angiography; D006325:Heart Atria; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D002532:Intracranial Aneurysm / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D020766:Intracranial Embolism / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D009232:Myxoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D012171:Retinal Vessels