[Surgical Resection Papillary Fibroelastoma Arising from Left Atrium:Report of a Case]

Kyobu Geka. 2021 Oct;74(11):967-971.
[Article in Japanese]

Abstract

A 75-year-old man was admitted for cerebral infarction. Magnetic resonance imaging revealed parietal lobe cerebral infarction. Transesophageal echo and contrast-enhanced computed tomography indicated mobile and speckled mass arising from left atrium. He was diagnosed with cardiogenic cerebral embolism. Under cardiopulmonary bypass, resection of the mass including endocardium tissue was per formed. The resected specimen showed multiple small fronds resembling a sea anemone. Microscopic examination showed multiple branching fronds of paucicellular and avascular fibroelastic tissue lined by a single layer of endocardium. Pathological diagnosis was papillary fibroelastoma. Three years passed without recurrence.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Cardiac Papillary Fibroelastoma*
  • Fibroma* / diagnostic imaging
  • Fibroma* / surgery
  • Heart Atria / diagnostic imaging
  • Heart Atria / surgery
  • Heart Neoplasms* / diagnostic imaging
  • Heart Neoplasms* / surgery
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Neoplasm Recurrence, Local