Cardiac papillary fibroelastoma on the pulmonary valve: a rare cardiac tumor. okaken@mcai.med.hiroshima-u.ac.jp.
We report the case of a patient with a rare papillary fibroelastoma on the pulmonary valve visualized before surgical intervention. The tumor was an encapsulated, rounded mass. The gelatinous membrane on the surface tore easily, and multiple fronds appeared. This case emphasizes that when there is an encapsulated mass attached to a valve, the initial excision of valve tissue should be as minimal as possible. To avoid unnecessary injury to the valve, it is simple and practical to confirm that the tumor has the appearance of a sea anemone, thus identifying it as a papillary fibroblastoma, a benign tumor.
Okada
K
K
First Department of Surgery, Hiroshima University School of Medicine, Japan. okaken@mcai.med.hiroshima-u.ac.jp
Sueda
T
T
Orihashi
K
K
Watari
M
M
Matsuura
Y
Y
D000368:Aged; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005350:Fibroma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D011664:Pulmonary Valve / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed