This case highlights the association between left atrial myxoma and the formation of multiple cerebral and systemic aneurysms, emphasizing the role of timely radiological diagnosis.
Cardiac myxomas are known to be associated with cerebral aneurysms, however the mechanism of aneurysm formation is still debatable. Myxomatous tumor emboli to the vessel wall have been propounded as the plausible mechanism for aneurysm formation. Recent literature also implicates raised interleukin-6 (IL-6), secreted by atrial myxomas, in the genesis of aneurysms. We describe a patient who presented with mild persistent headache, later diagnosed to be harbouring multiple unruptured cerebral and systemic aneurysms. Our case highlights the importance of radiological modalities in timely diagnosis of myxoma with its cerebral and systemic embolic complications.
Chauhan et al. (Tue,) studied this question.