Rev Neurol France
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Case Reports
[Cardiac myxoma complicated with cerebral aneurysms and revealed by an ischemic stroke].
Myxoma is a rare benign primary cardiac tumor. It may cause vascular complications. Neurological symptoms may precede or accompany the diagnosis of myxoma with systemic embolization occurring most often in the cerebral circulation. ⋯ Although myxoma is a benign tumor histologically, it can lead to serious complications such as systemic embolism and sudden death.