title: Cardiac papillary fibroelastoma presenting as acute stroke.
abstract: We present a case of a young woman who was initially diagnosed with acute stroke with no obvious risk factors. Preliminary investigation with transthoracic echocardiography and subsequent advanced imaging with transoesophageal echocardiography suggested the diagnosis of a benign cardiac tumour on the anterior leaflet of mitral valve. The patient underwent urgent surgical resection. Histology confirmed the diagnosis of cardiac papillary fibroelastoma. She made complete clinical recovery with no recurrence of symptoms.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, University Hospital Limerick, Limerick, Ireland. atifabbasi655@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Atif Saleem
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Abbasi
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Da Costa
authors.forename: Terry
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hennessy
authors.forename: Thomas John
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Kiernan
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D005260:Female; D005350:Fibroma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D010975:Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors / Q000627:therapeutic use; D020521:Stroke / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D010975:Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors