Unusual cardiac papillary fibroelastoma in the right ventricular outflow tract

Cardiovasc Pathol. 2005 Mar-Apr;14(2):104-6. doi: 10.1016/j.carpath.2005.01.003.

Abstract

Cardiac papillary fibroelastoma (CPF) is the second most common benign neoplasm of the heart. This study describes the case of an 81-year-old man who was admitted to the hospital for severe vertigo and in whom a tumor at the right ventricular outflow tract (RVOT) was identified incidentally during echocardiography. The CPF was excised smoothly following the confirmation of its position by computed tomography. The comprehensive pathologic findings of CPF were reviewed. Detailed immunohistochemical analyses of CD34 and factor VIII-related antigen were performed on the covering endocardial cells. The unique chondroid metaplasia of fibrous tissue in this CPF has never been reported. This work is the first to present an unusual CPF at the RVOT with reactive process of fibrous connective tissue.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Antigens, CD34 / metabolism
  • Biomarkers / metabolism
  • Echocardiography
  • Endothelial Cells / metabolism
  • Endothelial Cells / pathology
  • Fibroma / metabolism
  • Fibroma / pathology*
  • Fibroma / surgery
  • Heart Neoplasms / metabolism
  • Heart Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Heart Neoplasms / surgery
  • Heart Ventricles / metabolism
  • Heart Ventricles / pathology*
  • Humans
  • Immunohistochemistry
  • Male
  • Papillary Muscles / metabolism
  • Papillary Muscles / pathology*
  • Treatment Outcome
  • von Willebrand Factor / metabolism

Substances

  • Antigens, CD34
  • Biomarkers
  • von Willebrand Factor