Key result
Aortic valve myxoma resection with PFO closure resolves recurrent cerebral ischemic events.
Why the study?
Aortic valve myxoma is an extremely rare cardiac tumour and its role as a cause of embolic stroke in patients with cryptogenic stroke is not well recognized.
Case Report (n=1)
This case highlights the importance of identifying rare cardiac sources of embolism, such as aortic valve myxoma, in patients presenting with cryptogenic stroke.
Prompts evaluation for rare embolic sources in recurrent cryptogenic stroke; extends case reports but leaves practice unchanged.
Aortic valve myxoma is an extremely rare cardiac tumour. We describe a 60-year-old woman found to have an aortic valve myxoma and a patent foramen ovale (PFO) presenting as a stroke. In view of the recurrent cerebral ischaemic events, the aortic valve myxoma was surgically removed and the PFO was closed. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first reported case of aortic valve myxoma with a PFO. We also highlight the importance of identifying a possible cardiac source of embolism in a stroke patient and considering this rare tumour as a cause in patients with a cryptogenic stroke.
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Koyalakonda et al. (2011) conducted a case report in Aortic valve myxoma and patent foramen ovale presenting as stroke (n=1). Surgical removal of aortic valve myxoma and PFO closure was evaluated. Surgical removal of an aortic valve myxoma and PFO closure were performed in a 60-year-old woman presenting with recurrent cerebral ischemic events.