Paroxysmal Sneezing at the Onset of Syncopes and Transient Ischemic Attack Revealing a Papillary Cardiac Fibroelastoma. (17th June 2014)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Mathis, Stéphane; Lamy, Matthias; Ciron, Jonathan; Iljicsov, Anna; Arjmand, Roxana; Agius, Pierre; Neau, Jean-Philippe
• Other Names: González-Gutiérrez José Luis Academic Editor.
• Is Part Of: Case reports in neurological medicine. Volume 2014(2014)
• Publication Date: 2014-06-17
• Subjects: Neurology -- Periodicals; Nervous system -- Diseases -- Periodicals; Neurology; Nervous System Diseases; Nervous system -- Diseases; Neurology; Electronic journals; Periodicals; Periodicals; 616.8
• DOI: 10.1155/2014/734849
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2090-6676

Abstract

Abstract : 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.