title: Incidental finding of a papillary fibroelastoma on the aortic valve in 16 slice multi-detector row computed tomography.
abstract: Papillary fibroelastoma (PFE) is a benign, rare, gelatinous tumour derived from the endocardium, primarily the cardiac valves, which is usually diagnosed by high resolution echocardiography. Although rarely clinically symptomatic, PFEs have a potential for coronary ischaemia, systemic embolisation with neurologic symptoms, and sometimes valvar dysfunction. There are reports of coronary occlusion and even sudden cardiac death due to a ball valve phenomenon on the coronary ostia. This report describes the characteristics of a PFE with multidetector 16 slice computed tomography and 1.5 Tesla cardiac magnetic resonance imaging.
authors.affiliation: CT/MRI Center Siegburg, Germany. abootsveld@aol.com
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bootsveld
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Puetz
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Grube
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001021:Aortic Valve / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005350:Fibroma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D033162:Incidental Findings; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods*