High⁃density lesions in cranial CT with vision loss of both sides and paroxysmal convulsion

• Main Authors: Li⁃bo LI, Jun⁃yi ZHANG
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Tianjin Huanhu Hospital 2012-08-01
• Series: Chinese Journal of Contemporary Neurology and Neurosurgery
• Subjects: Intracranial embolism and thrombosis; Heart neoplasms; Myxoma; Case report
• Online Access: http://www.cjcnn.org/index.php/cjcnn/article/view/564

<p>A 49-year-old man presented with weakness of right side and vision loss of both sides in local hospital. Initial CT of the head showed multiple high-density lesions in occipital -parietal lobe and with diagnosis of cerebral cysticercosis. Two months later, repeated cranial CT showed no significant change of multiple high-density lesions in occipital -parietal lobe, with symptom of vision get worse; and so of three months later and the third cranial CT, until he had seizures. During episodes of convulsion, EEG showed occipital lobe epilepsy. And brain MR revealed several hemorrhage-like lesions in occipital -parietal lobe. After admission, Echocardiaogram showed a mass in left atrial. The mass proved to be a myxoma on surgical resection.<br /><br /></p><p>DOI：10.3969/j.issn.1672⁃6731.2012.04.024</p>