[Multiple ischemic foci of the brain in female patient with cardiac myxoma and numerous vascular anomalies].
The ischemic stroke is the most frequent neurological pathology. It's etiology is quite complex. Around 20% of the ischemic stroke cases are caused by arteriosclerosis, 25% by lacunar stroke, remaining 30% are strokes with unclear etiology, around 20%--emboli, and 5% include other causes. The ischemic stroke, especially in younger patients suggests that a detailed and multidimensional diagnostic should be carried out. Presented the case of a female patient with multiple ischemic foci of the brain, whom cardiac myxoma and numerous vascular anomalies were detected. Ischemic foci of the brain might be caused by myxoma, but one cannot excluded other mechanism of their occurrence.
Tynecka-Turowska
Marta
M
Katedra i Klinika Neurologii, Akademii Medycznej w Lublinie. marta.tynecka@op.pl
Hanus-Atras
Katarzyna
K
Iłzecka
Joanna
J
Stelmasiak
Zbigniew
Z
D002545:Brain Ischemia / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009232:Myxoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011859:Radiography; D054079:Vascular Malformations / Q000150:complications*