[Aortic valve multiple papillary fibroelastoma complicated with a cerebrovascular accident: Report of one case].
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.
Córdova
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Departamento de Enfermedades Cardiovasculares y Anatomía Patológica, Facultad de Medicina, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.
Zalaquett
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Chuaqui
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Casanegra
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Chamorro
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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*