title: [Aortic valve multiple papillary fibroelastoma complicated with a cerebrovascular accident: Report of one case].
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.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Enfermedades Cardiovasculares y Anatomía Patológica, Facultad de Medicina, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Córdova
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Zalaquett
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Chuaqui
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Casanegra
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Chamorro
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D005260:Female; D005350:Fibroma / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D020766:Intracranial Embolism / Q000473:pathology; D020521:Stroke / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*