title: Stroke due to a cardiac myxoma.
abstract: Cardioembolic stroke is an important cause of stroke in young people. Cardioembolism classically causes infarcts in multiple vascular territories. In the case described here a young woman developed cardioembolic stroke secondary to atrial myxoma. The presentation was atypical in that the woman had no systemic manifestations of her myxoma.
authors.affiliation: University of Edinburgh, Division of Clinical Neurosciences, Western General Hospital, Crewe Road South, Edinburgh, EH4 2XU, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Rustam
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Al-Shahi Salman
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Northridge
authors.forename: Alastair N J
authors.initials: AN
authors.lastname: Graham
authors.forename: Robin
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Grant