| Multiple Fusiform Cerebral Aneurysms and Highly Elevated Serum Interleukin-6 in Cardiac Myxoma. |
| Young Ho Koo, Tae Gon Kim, Ok Joon Kim, Seung Hun Oh |
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. |
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| ABSTRACT |
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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. |
| Key Words:
Myxoma; Aneurysm; Interleukin-6 |
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