Resumen de Fibroelastoma papilar múltiple de válvula aórtica complicado de accidente vascular encefálico embólico.: Caso clínico
Samuel Córdova A, Ricardo Zalaquett, Benedicto Chuaqui J, Pablo Casanegra P, Gastón Chamorro
The echocardiographic identification of cardiac tumors as cause of embolic episodes is infrequent, and the finding of multiple papillary fibroelastoma is even less common. We report a 70 years old female with a history of a rheumatic mitral valve lesion, subjected to a commissurotomy in 1970. She was admitted with a cerebrovascular accident and the transesophageal echocardiogram revealed the presence of a multiple papillary fibroelastoma in the aortic valve. The patient was operated and the tumor excised, the pathological analysis confirmed the diagnosis. The patient was discharged in good conditions and after 8 months of follow up, she has no neurological abnormality and is in functional class I (Rev Méd Chile 2001; 129: 1056-60).
