Open AccessAortic Valve Myxoma Presenting with a Stroke: A case report and review of the literature
Author(s) -
Feras A. Alkuwaiti,
Yasser Elghoneimy,
Sami Ghazal
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
sultan qaboos university medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.258
H-Index - 27
eISSN - 2075-0528
pISSN - 2075-051X
DOI - 10.18295/squmj.2018.18.04.019
Subject(s) - medicine , patent foramen ovale , myxoma , foramen ovale (heart) , stroke (engine) , embolic stroke , aortic valve , interatrial septum , cardiology , surgery , radiology , ischemic stroke , left atrium , mechanical engineering , ischemia , migraine , engineering , atrial fibrillation
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.Keywords: Aortic Valve; Myxoma; Patent Foramen Ovale; Stroke; Transesophageal Echocardiography; Case Report; Saudi Arabia.