title: Multiple fusiform cerebral aneurysms and highly elevated serum interleukin-6 in cardiac myxoma.
abstract: Cerebral embolic infarction is the most common neurologic complication of cardiac myxoma (CM). Development of cerebral aneurysms in CM is very rare. We present a 64-year-old woman with acute cerebral infarction and multiple cerebral aneurysms complicated by CM. The aneurysms were multiple, fusiform-shaped, and located in distal branch of major cerebral arteries. The serum interleukin (IL)-6 was highly elevated, which was normalized after surgical resection of CM. There was no regression of aneurysms on follow-up neuroimaging. Multiple cerebral aneurysms in CM are rare condition. Highly elevated serum IL-6 may be associated with increased risk of cerebral aneurysmal formation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, CHA Bundang Medical Center, CHA University College of Medicine, Seongnam, Korea.
authors.forename: Young-Ho
authors.initials: YH
authors.lastname: Koo
authors.forename: Tae-Gon
authors.initials: TG
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Ok-Joon
authors.initials: OJ
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Seung-Hun
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Oh