Key result
Surgical resection successfully resolves neurological deficits from an aortic valve papillary fibroelastoma.
Why the study?
Cardiac papillary fibroelastomas are rare tumors primarily affecting cardiac valves and causing embolic neurological and cardiovascular symptoms.
Population
40-year-old woman with neurological deficit caused by aortic valve papillary tumor
Design
Case report
Authors
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Supports individualized surgical decisions in symptomatic fibroelastoma; leaves open need for prospective outcome data.
Case Report (n=1)
This case report highlights the role of transesophageal echocardiography in diagnosing rare cardiac papillary fibroelastomas presenting with embolic neurological symptoms, which can be managed with surgical excision.
Alawi et al. (2002) conducted a case report in Aortic Valve Papillary Fibroelastoma (n=1). Surgical removal was evaluated. Surgical removal was successfully performed for a 40-year-old woman presenting with a neurological deficit caused by an aortic valve papillary fibroelastoma.
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