Left ventricular thrombus discovered on chest computed tomography for presumed cryptogenic stroke.
Stroke in the young adult often presents a diagnostic challenge. This report presents a case of a 27-year-old man who developed an abrupt onset of weakness and aphasia. Transesophageal and transthoracic echocardiography were normal. Chest computed tomography (CT) was then performed during the evaluation, and a left ventricular thrombus was seen. The importance of chest CT in the evaluation of selected cases of otherwise "unexplained" stroke in the young adult is presented here.
Marriott
Elizabeth
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Department of Neurology, Loyola University Chicago, Stritch School of Medicine, Maywood, Illinois, USA.
Schneck
Michael J
MJ
Barron
John T
JT
Cho
Leslie
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Biller
José
J