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.
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