title: Papillary fibroelastoma of a mitral valve chorda.
abstract: A 43-year-old woman presented with an ischemic stroke in the right middle cerebral artery territory. Cardiac echography disclosed a tumor of a primary chordae of the anterior leaflet of the mitral valve. After neurologic recovery, the patient was referred to surgery for excision of the tumor and plastic reconstruction using a chordal transfer technique. Histological examination of the tumor showed a typical papillary fibroelastoma. Papillary fibroelastoma is the third most frequent cardiac benign tumor. The high embolic potential of this tumor is in favor of an aggressive surgical attitude.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiac Surgery, Namur General Hospital, 185 avenue Albert 1st, 5000 Namur, Belgium. chicarnam@skynet.be
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Marnette
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hassan
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sarot
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Jacobs
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005350:Fibroma / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006349:Heart Valve Diseases / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008943:Mitral Valve