J Korean Neurosurg Soc.
2009 Jun;45(6):394-396. 10.3340/jkns.2009.45.6.394.
Multiple Fusiform Cerebral Aneurysms and Highly Elevated Serum Interleukin-6 in Cardiac Myxoma
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- 1Department of Neurology, CHA Bundang Medical Center, CHA University College of Medicine, Seongnam, Korea. ohsh72@chamc.co.kr
- 2Department of Neurosurgery, CHA Bundang Medical Center, CHA University College of Medicine, Seongnam, Korea.
- KMID: 2138434
- DOI: http://doi.org/10.3340/jkns.2009.45.6.394
Abstract
- Cerebral embolic infarction is the most common neurologic complication of cardiac myxoma (CM). Development of cerebral aneurysms in CM is very rare. We present a 64-year-old woman with acute cerebral infarction and multiple cerebral aneurysms complicated by CM. The aneurysms were multiple, fusiform-shaped, and located in distal branch of major cerebral arteries. The serum interleukin (IL)-6 was highly elevated, which was normalized after surgical resection of CM. There was no regression of aneurysms on follow-up neuroimaging. Multiple cerebral aneurysms in CM are rare condition. Highly elevated serum IL-6 may be associated with increased risk of cerebral aneurysmal formation.
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