Cardiac papillary fibroelastoma on the mitral valve can present as acute stroke in young patients without traditional risk factors, and surgical resection can result in complete clinical recovery.
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May prompt cardiac imaging for fibroelastoma in young cryptogenic stroke; hypothesis-generating given Level 5 evidence.
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