title: Aortic valve papillary fibroelastoma.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Hôtel Dieu de France, Rue Adib Ishac, Beirut, Lebanon.
authors.forename: Abdallah
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Alawi
authors.forename: Elie B
authors.initials: EB
authors.lastname: Kassabian
authors.forename: Ramzi
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ashoush
authors.forename: Victor A
authors.initials: VA
authors.lastname: Jebara
mesh_terms: 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