title: Fibroelastoma: case report and review of the literature.
abstract: A 64 year old woman presented with right hemianaesthesia and was found to have a pansystolic apical murmur with systolic and diastolic posture related plops. Echocardiography revealed a mobile mass on the mitral valve apparatus that was confirmed by magnetic resonance imaging. This was successfully excised and was proven on histopathological examination to be a fibroelastoma. Other cases of fibroelastoma from the literature are reviewed.
authors.affiliation: Cardiac Department, Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, Foresterhill, UK.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: al-Mohammad
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Pambakian
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Young
mesh_terms: D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D005350:Fibroma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D008943:Mitral Valve