title: [Cardiac myxoma--a rare cause of cerebral embolism].
abstract: Cardiac myxoma is the most common benign heart tumor. We report a case with multiple brain metastases, presumably due to tumor embolization. It is important to perform transthoracic echocardiography at a very early stage to exclude structural heart disease in patients with signs of multiple brain metastases. Though myxoma is a rare cause of cerebral embolism, detection of this tumor is relatively easy and surgical resection of myxoma is usually a permanent measure to prevent subsequent stroke.
authors.affiliation: Sygehus Vendsyssel Frederikshavn, Medicinsk Afdeling.
authors.forename: Desirée
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Thielke
authors.forename: Jacob Pontoppidan
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Thyssen
authors.forename: Holger Marquard
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Sejersen