Aortic valve papillary fibroelastoma.
Cardiac papillary fibroelastomas are rare tumors of the heart and affect primarily the cardiac valves. These lesions are responsible for embolic accidents that clinically manifest as neurological and cardiovascular symptoms. We describe the case of a 40-yr-old woman who presented with a neurological deficit caused by a papillary tumor of the aortic valve. Diagnosis was made by transesophageal echocardiaphy and the tumor was surgically removed.
Alawi
Abdallah
A
Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Hôtel Dieu de France, Rue Adib Ishac, Beirut, Lebanon.
Kassabian
Elie B
EB
Ashoush
Ramzi
R
Jebara
Victor A
VA
D000328:Adult; D001021:Aortic Valve / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004401:Dysarthria / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D005260:Female; D005350:Fibroma / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed