[Infracentimetric nodule of the mitral valve in a young patient with stroke].

Primary cardiac tumors of the cardiac valves are very rare in clinical practice. Early diagnosis and therapeutic orientation are crucial, as these tumors can cause great morbidity and mortality. In this article we report a case of an infracentimetric nodule of the mitral valve, causing a stroke in a young patient, which is the starting point for a literature review of the diagnostic and therapeutic orientation of these rare lesions.

[Morgagni hernia mimicking intrathoracic lipomatous tumor].

Morgagni hernia is the rarest type of diaphragmatic hernia, accounting for 2% of all cases. It consists in the thoracic protrusion of fat and/or abdominal viscera through a congenital defect in a retro or parasternal position. The clinical importance of this pathological entity is associated with the fact that it can be asymptomatic, mimicking other diseases, such as a large intrathoracic lipoma, as it happened in the case presented here.