Papillary fibroelastoma of the aortic valve: evaluation with transesophageal echocardiography and magnetic resonance imaging.
A 74-year-old Japanese male was admitted to hospital with episodes of chest pain. Cross-sectional echocardiography showed a mobile mass adherent to the noncoronary cusp of the aortic valve. We employed transesophageal echocardiography and magnetic resonance imaging to evaluate the mass. Based on the findings, a papillary fibroelastoma of the aortic valve was suspected. To avoid systemic embolization, urgent surgery was performed. The histopathologic diagnosis was papillary fibroelastoma. When a tumor of the aortic valve exists, these examinations are useful in detecting and characterizing the tumor for optimal treatment.
Shiraishi
Jun
J
Second Department of Medicine, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan.
Tagawa
Masashi
M
Yamada
Takashi
T
Sawada
Takahisa
T
Tatsumi
Tetsuya
T
Azuma
Akihiro
A
Shimada
Yasuyuki
Y
Yaku
Hitoshi
H
Kitamura
Nobuo
N
Nakagawa
Masao
M
D000368:Aged; D001021:Aortic Valve / Q000601:surgery; D004452:Echocardiography; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005350:Fibroma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D006349:Heart Valve Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male