Abstract
Primary cardiac tumors are very rare, atrial myxoma being the most common benign tumor of the heart. They may present with a great variety of incidental asymptomatic masses to severe life-threatening complications. The diagnostic evaluation of such a giant cardiac tumor which presented with acute stroke in a 36-year-old patient were presented. This article demonstrates its necessary to include cardiac tumors in the differential diagnosis of acute stroke. Family practitioner caring for many stroke patients should consider referring their patients to cardiologists.
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