Multiple Cerebral Aneurysms and Cardiac Myxoma

INTRACRANIAL aneurysms of peripheral cerebral arteries are rare. If trauma is not a consideration1 2 3 4 5 emboli or a local inflammatory process should be regarded as possible. In the nineteenth century it was believed that all intracranial aneurysms were due to septic (usually termed "niycotic"†) emboli.6 The case presented appears to be the first in which a metastatic tumor embolus has been implicated in the production of a cerebral aneurysm.Case ReportS.G., a 41-year-old woman, began to experience transient episodes of difficulty with speech, memory and temperament, as well as numbness and tingling of the right hand and occasional left-sided headache . . .