A rare cause of sudden vision loss in a young male: papillary fibroelastoma of the aortic valve.
Cardiac papillary fibroelastoma (CPF) is a rare cardiac neoplasm predominantly affecting the cardiac valves. Although it is most commonly an incidental finding, it can result in life-threatening complications, such as coronary and cerebral embolism, acute valvular dysfunction, and sudden death. In this report, we describe a case of a patient with aortic valve papillary fibroelastoma, which presented with sudden vision loss due to branch retinal artery occlusion. To the best of our knowledge, this is the third case of CPF-related retinal artery embolism in English literature.
Ergun
Kumral
K
Türkiye Yüksek Ihtisas Hospital, Department of Cardiology, Ankara, Turkey. kumralcagli@yahoo.com
Golbasi
Zehra
Z
Cagli
Kerim
K
Altinsoy
Ali
A
Mustafa Ulas
Mahmut
M
Temucin
Tulay
T
Arat
Nurcan
N
Topaloglu
Serkan
S
Deveci
Bulent
B
Ertan
Aylin
A
D000328:Adult; D001021:Aortic Valve / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D001766:Blindness / Q000209:etiology*; D004617:Embolism / Q000150:complications; D005350:Fibroma / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D019918:Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010210:Papillary Muscles / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D015356:Retinal Artery Occlusion / Q000150:complications; D014463:Ultrasonography