Cardiac valve papillary fibroelastoma: surgical excision for revealed or potential embolization

J Card Surg. 2007 Jan-Feb;22(1):72-3. doi: 10.1111/j.1540-8191.2007.00348.x.

Abstract

Cardiac papillary fibroelastomas (CPF) are benign endocardial papillomas commonly formed from valve endothelium. The majority of tumors are found on the left side of the heart, with only a few case reports of pulmonary valve fibroelastomas. We report here a case of pulmonary valve papillary fibroelastoma that was successfully managed with simple excision of the mass.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Cardiovascular Surgical Procedures
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Echocardiography, Transesophageal
  • Embolization, Therapeutic
  • Female
  • Fibroma / diagnosis*
  • Fibroma / diagnostic imaging
  • Fibroma / pathology
  • Fibroma / surgery
  • Heart Neoplasms / diagnosis*
  • Heart Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
  • Heart Neoplasms / pathology
  • Heart Neoplasms / surgery
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Pulmonary Valve*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed