Paroxysmal Sneezing at the Onset of Syncopes and Transient Ischemic Attack Revealing a Papillary Cardiac Fibroelastoma

Sneezing can at times be associated with neurological disorders. The “sneeze center” is localized in the lateral medulla. We report the case of a 50-year-old man who presented three episodes of sneezing, two of them followed by an episode of transient gait instability and dizziness and the third one...

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Published in:Case reports in neurological medicine 2014-01, Vol.2014 (2014), p.1-3
Main Authors: Mathis, Stéphane, Lamy, Matthias, Ciron, Jonathan, Iljicsov, Anna, Arjmand, Roxana, Agius, Pierre, Neau, Jean-Philippe
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Language:English
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Summary:Sneezing can at times be associated with neurological disorders. The “sneeze center” is localized in the lateral medulla. We report the case of a 50-year-old man who presented three episodes of sneezing, two of them followed by an episode of transient gait instability and dizziness and the third one followed by an episode of transient left hemiparesis due to fibroelastoma of the aortic cardiac valve. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first description of a transient ischemic attack due to cardiac papillary fibroelastoma and revealed by violent episodes of sneezing.
ISSN:2090-6668
2090-6676
DOI:10.1155/2014/734849