Aortic valve papillary fibroelastoma. A diagnosis by transthoracic echocardiography.
Cardiac papillary fibroelastomas are unusual, frond-like growths typically found on cardiac valves, diagnosed incidentally on autopsy or cardiac surgery, but rarely during life. We report a rare case of an aortic valve papillary fibroelastoma detected by transthoracic echocardiography and confirmed by histologic study.
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Department of Medicine, Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center, New York, NY 10032.
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D001021:Aortic Valve / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D004452:Echocardiography / Q000379:methods*; D005350:Fibroma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged