title: Papillary fibroelastoma of the tricuspid valve.
abstract: A 50-year-old woman with a long-standing history of palpitations was found by echocardiography to have a 1.5 cm mass on the atrial surface of the anterior leaflet of the tricuspid valve. Surgical excision included a portion of surrounding leaflet tissue. The tumour was a papillary fibroelastoma. She remained asymptomatic with no recurrence in follow-up.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Alberta, Edmonton.
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Bentley
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Mullen
mesh_terms: D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D005350:Fibroma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D014261:Tricuspid Valve / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D014262:Tricuspid Valve Insufficiency / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery