Multiple cerebral aneurysms as delayed complication of left cardiac myxoma: A case report and review

Acta Neurologica Scandinavica

Volumn 111, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 345-350

  Sabolek, M ^a,d   Bachus Banaschak, K ^b   Bachus, R ^c   Arnold, G ^c   Storch, A ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^b Practice of Neurology Mehringdamm   (Germany)

^c HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Delayed neurological myxoma complications; Interleukin 6; Left cardiac myxoma; Multiple cerebral aneurysms

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 6;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; BASILAR ARTERY; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN ARTERY ANEURYSM; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HEART MYXOMA; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW;

ADULT; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; CEREBRAL ARTERIES; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HEART NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-6; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MYXOMA; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 18944370958     PISSN: 00016314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0404.2005.00413.x     Document Type: Review

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