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  • Title: [Cardiac myxoma--a rare cause of cerebral embolism].
    Author: Thielke D, Thyssen JP, Sejersen HM.
    Journal: Ugeskr Laeger; 2008 Aug 11; 170(33):2460. PubMed ID: 18761832.
    Abstract:
    Cardiac myxoma is the most common benign heart tumor. We report a case with multiple brain metastases, presumably due to tumor embolization. It is important to perform transthoracic echocardiography at a very early stage to exclude structural heart disease in patients with signs of multiple brain metastases. Though myxoma is a rare cause of cerebral embolism, detection of this tumor is relatively easy and surgical resection of myxoma is usually a permanent measure to prevent subsequent stroke.
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