[Cardiac papillary fibroelastoma. Different forms of the clinical presentation].
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.
Caballero
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Servicio de Cardiología, Hospital Universitario Puerta del Mar, Cádiz.
Calle
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Arana
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Sancho
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Caballero
F J
FJ
Piñero
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Daroca
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Jiménez
J M
JM
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