title: Left ventricular fibroma in an aged patient: report of a case.
abstract: We report herein the case of a 77-year-old man with a left ventricular tumor originating from the papillary muscle of the left ventricular wall, in whom a successful tumor resection with mitral valve replacement was performed. The pathological diagnosis of the tumor was confirmed as cardiac fibroma. His postoperative course was uneventful and he is currently well with no signs of recurrence 2 years after surgery.
authors.affiliation: Second Department of Surgery, Gunma University School of Medicine, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sakata
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ohtaki
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Aiba
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ishikawa
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Otani
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Morishita
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005350:Fibroma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008943:Mitral Valve / Q000601:surgery