Cerebral aneurysm associated with cardiac myxoma: Case Report

Branislava A. Ivanović; Marijana Tadić; Mile Vraneš; Bojana Orbović

doi:10.17305/bjbms.2011.2629

Authors

Branislava A. Ivanović University of Belgrade, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine Clinical Center of Serbia, Clinic for Cardiology
Marijana Tadić Clinical Center of Serbia, Clinic for Cardiology
Mile Vraneš Clinical Center of Serbia, Clinic for Cardiac Surgery
Bojana Orbović Clinical Center of Serbia, Clinic for Cardiology

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17305/bjbms.2011.2629

Keywords:

atrial myxoma, left atrium, cerebral aneurysm

Abstract

Left atrial myxomas are a rare but well known cause of cerebrovascular accidents in young people. Cerebral embolism is the most common cause of cerebral ischemic stroke. The intracranial aneurysm is rarely associated with myxoma. We report the case of a patient who had an operation of PICA aneurysm due to subarachnoid hemorrhage ten months before the discovery of the large left atrial myxoma. Fortunately, the untimely diagnosis of the myxoma did not have other consequences. In order to prevent possible complications of we should keep in mind that these two apparently different entities could be associated.