Highlights cardiac myxoma as a potential etiology for acute ischemic stroke.
Cardiac myxoma warrants consideration in embolic stroke workup; case report leaves open need for prospective validation.
Cardiac myxoma is a rare cardiac tumor, but is notorious for emboli to the general circulation. Acute ischemic strokes are one of the most common complications of the emboli arising from the cardiac myxoma. Here, we describe an interesting case of acute stroke, which was later found to have myxoma.
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