[Aortic valve multiple papillary fibroelastoma complicated with a cerebrovascular accident: Report of one case]

Rev Med Chil. 2001 Sep;129(9):1056-60.
[Article in Spanish]

Abstract

The echocardiographic identification of cardiac tumors as cause of embolic episodes is infrequent, and the finding of multiple papillary fibroelastoma is even less common. We report a 70 years old female with a history of a rheumatic mitral valve lesion, subjected to a commissurotomy in 1970. She was admitted with a cerebrovascular accident and the transesophageal echocardiogram revealed the presence of a multiple papillary fibroelastoma in the aortic valve. The patient was operated and the tumor excised, the pathological analysis confirmed the diagnosis. The patient was discharged in good conditions and after 8 months of follow up, she has no neurological abnormality and is in functional class I.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Echocardiography, Transesophageal
  • Female
  • Fibroma / etiology
  • Fibroma / pathology*
  • Fibroma / surgery
  • Heart Neoplasms / etiology
  • Heart Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Heart Neoplasms / surgery
  • Humans
  • Intracranial Embolism / pathology
  • Stroke / complications
  • Stroke / pathology*