Aortic Valve Myxoma Presenting with a Stroke: A case report and review of the literature

Authors

Feras A. Alkuwaiti, College of Medicine, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Saudi Arabia
Yasser Elghoneimy, Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Saudi Arabia
Sami Ghazal, Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Saudi Arabia

Abstract

Myxomas originating from the aortic valve are rare. We report a 40-year-old male patient who presented to the King Fahd Hospital of the University, Khobar, Saudi Arabia, in 2017 with a stroke. Transoesophageal echocardiography indicated a mobile mass measuring 6 × 2 mm attached to the right coronary cusp of the aortic valve and a mobile interatrial septum with a small patent foramen ovale (PFO). The patient underwent surgical excision of the mass and direct closure of the PFO. Histopathology confirmed the mass to be a myxoma. Despite their rarity, the recognition and treatment of valvular myxomas is very important; moreover, clinicians should be aware that affected patients may present with an embolic stroke.

Publication Date

3-28-2019

First Page

e537

Last Page

540

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Recommended Citation

Alkuwaiti, Feras A.; Elghoneimy, Yasser; and Ghazal, Sami (2019) "Aortic Valve Myxoma Presenting with a Stroke: A case report and review of the literature," Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal: Vol. 18: e537-540.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.18295/squmj.2018.18.04.019