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Document a rare case of distant intracranial metastasis and recurrent cerebral hemorrhage following surgical resection of a cardiac myxoma.

Cardiac myxoma metastasizing to the brain

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Population

A 55-year-old man with a history of excised left atrial myxoma

Design

Case_report

Authors

Highlights a rare case of cardiac myxoma metastasizing to the brain, presenting as recurrent occipital lobe hematomas.

Document a rare case of distant intracranial metastasis and recurrent cerebral hemorrhage following surgical resection of a cardiac myxoma.
Clinical and diagnostic evaluation of a 55-year-old male with recurrent left occipital lobe hematomas following prior excision of a left atrial myxoma.
Microscopic histopathological analysis of resected intracranial tissue to identify the underlying etiology of the recurrent hematomas.
Microscopic examination of the cerebral lesion confirmed the presence of metastatic myxoma cells within the occipital lobe.

Population

A 55-year-old man with a history of excised left atrial myxoma

Outcome

Recurrent hematomas of the left occipital lobe due to metastatic myxoma

Highlights a rare case of cardiac myxoma metastasizing to the brain, presenting as recurrent occipital lobe hematomas.

Ng et al. (1990) studied this question.

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