title: Cerebral aneurysm associated with cardiac myxoma: Case report.
abstract: Left atrial myxomas are a rare but well known cause of cerebrovascular accidents in young people. Cerebral embolism is the most common cause of cerebral ischemic stroke. The intracranial aneurysm is rarely associated with myxoma. We report the case of a patient who had an operation of PICA aneurysm due to subarachnoid hemorrhage ten months before the discovery of the large left atrial myxoma. Fortunately, the untimely diagnosis of the myxoma did not have other consequences. In order to prevent possible complications of we should keep in mind that these two apparently different entities could be associated.
authors.affiliation: University of Belgrade, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Doktora Subotica, Belgrade, Serbia. lole@scnet.rs
authors.forename: Branislava A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Ivanović
authors.forename: Marijana
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tadić
authors.forename: Mile
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Vraneš
authors.forename: Bojana
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Orbović
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002533:Cerebral Angiography; D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D002532:Intracranial Aneurysm / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D009232:Myxoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D013345:Subarachnoid Hemorrhage / Q000150:complications; D016896:Treatment Outcome