Clinical Problem-Solving: 72-Year-Old Woman With Multifocal Strokes and an Intracardiac Mass

Neurohospitalist. 2022 Jul;12(3):516-519. doi: 10.1177/19418744221094901. Epub 2022 Apr 26.

Abstract

We present the case of a 72-year-old female with multifocal strokes found to have multiple, mobile intracardiac masses. We discuss the differential diagnosis and evaluation of intracardiac masses, and the challenges in management of the ultimately diagnosed etiology of stroke in this patient.

Keywords: cardiac tumor; cardioembolism; cerebrovascular accident; fibroelastoma; vascular neurology.