title: [Papillary fibroelastoma: a rare but treatable cause of cerebral infarction].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Papillary fibroelastoma is a benign cardiac tumor which can be associated with serious embolic complications.
  
  
  METHODS
  We report on a 42-year-old man admitted for an ischemic stroke in the left middle cerebral artery region. Transesophageal echocardiography revealed a mitral valve tumor. Surgical excision and histological examination showed a papillary fibroelastoma. Clinical course was uneventful.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  We consider the high embolic potential of this tumor, which represents a surgically treatable cause of ischemic stroke.
authors.affiliation: Service de neurologie, hôpital Beaujon, 100, boulevard du Général-Leclerc, 92110 Clichy, France.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Boukriche
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Guiti
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Logeart
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Vissuzaine
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Masson
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002545:Brain Ischemia / Q000209:etiology*; D002544:Cerebral Infarction / Q000209:etiology*; D004452:Echocardiography; D004695:Endocardial Fibroelastosis / Q000150:complications*; D004947:Esophagus / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D020768:Middle Cerebral Artery / Q000473:pathology; D008943:Mitral Valve / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*
vernacular_title: Le fibroélastome papillaire: une cause rare mais curable d'infarctus cérébral.