[Multiple valvular fibromyxomas disclosed by cerebral vascular complication. Apropos of a case]

The authors report the case of a 36 year-old patient, hospitalized for a regressive cerebral vascular accident. Ultrasound determination of an embolic cardiopathy will disclose the presence of mitral valve tumors, confirmed at surgery which, in addition, will show aortic valve tumors. These tumors are papillary fibro-elastomas (fibro-myxomas) as shown on pathological examination. A propos of this case, as compared to data from the literature, we remind of the rarity of this benign tumor, isolated most of the time, and the discovery of which on ultrasonography, results in surgical excision because of its very high embolic potential.