Intracardiac Myxoma, Cerebral Aneurysms and Elevated Interleukin-6

Cerebral aneurysms are well known to be associated with cardiac myxomas. The mechanism of cerebral aneurysm formation remains to be elucidated. Embolization of tumor particles in the vessel wall has been proposed as the likely mechanism for aneurysm formation. Recent reports suggest interleukin-6 (I...

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Main Authors: Nnadozie Ezerioha, Wuwei Feng
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Karger Publishers 2015-07-01
Series:Case Reports in Neurology
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Online Access:http://www.karger.com/Article/FullText/437256