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Dominik PaugschMargret DabrowskiPublished in: Praxis (2024)
Ischaemic stroke results from a sudden interruption of cerebral blood flow, often caused by thrombosis, embolism or hypoperfusion. Rarely, cardiac tumours are the cause of an embolic event. We report on an 80-year-old woman with a cerebral stroke. Successful thrombectomy revealed a histopathologically confirmed papillary fibroelastoma as the embolic source. Although it was not detectable on initial echocardiography, the tumour was discovered by transesophageal echocardiography. This case emphasises the importance of considering primary cardiac tumours as potential sources of emboli in ischaemic stroke. Keywords.
Keyphrases
- left ventricular
- cerebral blood flow
- computed tomography
- pulmonary hypertension
- heart failure
- atrial fibrillation
- pulmonary embolism
- magnetic resonance
- cognitive impairment
- acute ischemic stroke
- cerebral ischemia
- magnetic resonance imaging
- left atrial appendage
- single cell
- risk assessment
- diffusion weighted imaging
- climate change
- diffusion weighted
- blood brain barrier
- human health
- brain injury