title: Left ventricular thrombus discovered on chest computed tomography for presumed cryptogenic stroke.
abstract: 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.
authors: Department of Neurology, Loyola University Chicago, Stritch School of Medicine, Maywood, Illinois, USA.
authors: Elizabeth
authors: E
authors: Marriott
authors: Michael J
authors: MJ
authors: Schneck
authors: John T
authors: JT
authors: Barron
authors: Leslie
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authors: Cho
authors: José
authors: J
authors: Biller