title: A case of cerebral embolism with metastatic chondrosarcoma in the left atrium.
abstract: Cardiac tumor is a rare, but clinically important source of cerebral embolism. We report a case of metastatic chondrosarcoma in the left atrium with multiple cerebral emboli. A computed tomography scan of the chest revealed a large mass in the left atrium and pulmonary vein. The patient underwent heart surgery to remove the metastatic chondrosarcoma in the left atrium, to prevent the formation of further systemic emboli and possible sudden death. The cardiac tumor resection was successful, and the patient was discharged from the hospital without any handicap. This is a rare case of metastatic cardiac tumor that was a source of emboli into the brain and was eradicated.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Juntendo University Urayasu Hospital, Chiba, Japan.
authors.forename: Hideki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Oizumi
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Juntendo University Urayasu Hospital, Chiba, Japan. Electronic address: r_tanaka@juntendo.ac.jp.
authors.forename: Ryota
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Tanaka
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Juntendo University Urayasu Hospital, Chiba, Japan.
authors.forename: Hideki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Shimura
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Juntendo University Urayasu Hospital, Chiba, Japan.
authors.forename: Kumi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sasaki
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiosurgery, Juntendo University Urayasu Hospital, Chiba, Japan.
authors.forename: Hiroyuki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Koike
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Nobutaka
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Hattori
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Juntendo University Urayasu Hospital, Chiba, Japan.
authors.forename: Shigeki
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tanaka
mesh_terms: D000671:Amputation, Surgical; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures; D002813:Chondrosarcoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005385:Fingers / Q000601:surgery; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000473:pathology; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D020766:Intracranial Embolism / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged