title: [Mitral papillary fibroelastoma in a HIV infected patient].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Papillary fibroelastoma of the endocardium is a benign cardiac tumor which may cause embolic events.
  
  
  METHODS
  We report the first case, to our knowledge, of cardiac papillary fibroelastoma which was revealed by cerebral ischemic events in a patient infected by the human immunodeficiency virus. The initial diagnosis was mitral endocarditis complicated by cerebral embolic events.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This case demonstrates that fibroelastomas should be added to other valvular diseases described in HIV infected patients. We recall the embolic potential of cardiac papillary fibroelastomas which warrant surgical treatment.
authors.affiliation: Service d'Anatomie Pathologique, Hôpital Broussais, Paris.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Paraf
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Berrebi
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Chauvaud
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Fornes
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Farge
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bruneval
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004452:Echocardiography; D004696:Endocarditis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D005350:Fibroma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000150:complications*; D006349:Heart Valve Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D019918:Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008943:Mitral Valve / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome
vernacular_title: Fibroélastome papillaire mitral au cours de l'infection par le virus de l'immunodéficience humaine.