title: [Cardiac papillary fibroelastoma. Different forms of the clinical presentation].
abstract: Papillary fibroelastoma is an uncommon cardiac tumor rarely diagnosed during life. Although most fibroelastomas are incidental findings at autopsy, a few cases have been associated with cardiac symptoms that include angina, arterial embolism and sudden death. We report the case of two patients, a 35-year-old male with an acute myocardial infarction and ventricular fibrillation and a 53-year-old asymptomatic female, with cardiac masses first detected by transthoracic echocardiography. A more detailed morphological study was provided by transesophageal echocardiography. After cardiac surgery, the anatomical study demonstrated that both tumors were papillary fibroelastomas. The literature concerning papillary fibroelastoma is reviewed.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Cardiología, Hospital Universitario Puerta del Mar, Cádiz.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Caballero
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Calle
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Arana
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sancho
authors.forename: F J
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Caballero
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Piñero
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Daroca
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Jiménez
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005350:Fibroma / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D006325:Heart Atria; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D019918:Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008943:Mitral Valve; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000453:epidemiology