title: Surgical treatment of a cardiac papillary fibroelastoma developing from the chordae of the tricuspid valve: report of a case.
abstract: Papillary fibroelastoma is a rare, benign cardiac tumor that can cause multiple emboli. We report herein a case of papillary fibroelastoma developing from the chordae of the tricuspid valve which was detected by echocardiography and confirmed by surgical resection. To our knowledge, this is only the fifth documented case of a tricuspid valve papillary fibroelastoma detected by echocardiography in a living patient.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Wakayama Medical College, Japan.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nishimura
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Naito
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Fujiwara
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Komai
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Noguchi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002815:Chordae Tendineae; D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D005350:Fibroma / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D010210:Papillary Muscles / Q000473:pathology*; D014261:Tricuspid Valve / Q000473:pathology*