Cor Vasa 2016, 58(5):e466-e469 | DOI: 10.1016/j.crvasa.2015.09.002

Papillary fibroelastoma originating from the free left ventricular wall as the cause of recurrent stroke: Description of the case and literature review

Ondřej Macuraa, Tomáš Palečekb,c,*, Jaroslav Hlubockýd, Petr Vondráčeke, Ivana Vítkováf, Jan Kuchařb, Zuzana Hlubockáb
a Interní oddělení II, Nemocnice Tábor, a. s., Tábor, Česká republika
b II. interní klinika kardiologie a angiologie, Kardiovaskulární centrum, 1. lékařská fakulta Univerzity Karlovy a Všeobecná fakultní nemocnice v Praze, Praha, Česká republika
c Mezinárodní centrum klinického výzkumu, Fakultní nemocnice u sv. Anny v Brně, Brno, Česká republika
d II. chirurgická klinika - klinika kardiovaskulární chirurgie, Kardiovaskulární centrum, 1. lékařská fakulta Univerzity Karlovy a Všeobecná fakultní nemocnice v Praze, Praha, Česká republika
e Kardiologická ambulance, Rumburk
f Ústav patologie, 1. lékařská fakulta Univerzity Karlovy a Všeobecná fakultní nemocnice v Praze, Praha, Česká republika

Papillary fibroelastoma is the third most common primary benign cardiac tumor typically found on the endocardium of heart valves, most often left-heart ones. The authors present the case of a 52-year-old patient experiencing recurrent cardioembolic stroke involving the cerebral arteries secondary to a fibroelastoma originating from the free left ventricular wall and, given its symptomatic nature, indicated for surgical excision.

Keywords: Echocardiography; Fibroelastoma; Primary cardiac tumor; Stroke

Received: August 17, 2015; Accepted: September 4, 2015; Published: October 1, 2016  Show citation

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Macura O, Paleček T, Hlubocký J, Vondráček P, Vítková I, Kuchař J, Hlubocká Z. Papillary fibroelastoma originating from the free left ventricular wall as the cause of recurrent stroke: Description of the case and literature review. Cor Vasa. 2016;58(5):e466-469. doi: 10.1016/j.crvasa.2015.09.002.
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