Paradoxical cerebral embolism with patent foramen ovale and deep venous thrombosis caused by a massive myoma uteri

Clin Neurol Neurosurg. 2013 Jun;115(6):760-1. doi: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2012.06.042. Epub 2012 Aug 14.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Aphasia / etiology
  • Diffusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Echocardiography, Transesophageal
  • Electrocardiography
  • Female
  • Foramen Ovale, Patent / etiology*
  • Humans
  • Infarction, Middle Cerebral Artery / etiology
  • Infarction, Middle Cerebral Artery / pathology
  • Intracranial Embolism / etiology*
  • Leiomyoma / complications*
  • Paresis / etiology
  • Pregnancy
  • Stroke / etiology
  • Uterine Neoplasms / complications*
  • Venous Thrombosis / etiology*