Nihon Geka Gakkai zasshi
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Nihon Geka Gakkai zasshi · Oct 1988
Review Case Reports[Valve replacement in infective endocarditis with mycotic cerebral aneurysm. Report of a case with successful operation].
A 49 year-old woman was hospitalized with headache and left-sided weakness. Computed tomographic scan and carotid angiogram revealed mycotic aneurysms of the bilateral middle cerebral artery with intracranial bleeding. ⋯ At operation, infective endocarditis on the mitral valve was confirmed. Her postoperative course was uneventful and the second craniotomy for aneurysm of the left middle cerebral artery has been planning.