Al-Shahi Salman Rustam, Northridge David, Graham Alastair N J, Grant Robin
University of Edinburgh, Division of Clinical Neurosciences, Western General Hospital, Crewe Road South, Edinburgh, EH4 2XU, United Kingdom.
BMJ Case Rep. 2009;2009. doi: 10.1136/bcr.09.2008.0875. Epub 2009 Feb 2.
Cardioembolic stroke is an important cause of stroke in young people. Cardioembolism classically causes infarcts in multiple vascular territories. In the case described here a young woman developed cardioembolic stroke secondary to atrial myxoma. The presentation was atypical in that the woman had no systemic manifestations of her myxoma.