title: Papillary fibroelastoma of the interatrial septum: a case report.
abstract: Primary cardiac tumors are rare, with benign lesions outnumbering malignant ones by a margin of over four to one. Amongst the benign cardiac neoplasms, papillary fibroelastomas are reported second only to myxomas. Papillary fibroelastomas commonly rise from heart valves and their size ranges from a few millimeters to well over 2.0 cm in diameter. While myxomas commonly arise from the interatrial septum, we present the rare example of a large papillary fibroelastoma arising from the left side of the interatrial septum.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Toronto General Hospital, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario. jagdish.butany@uhn.on.ca
authors.forename: Jagdish
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Butany
authors.forename: Vidhya
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Nair
authors.forename: Manmeet S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Ahluwalia
authors.forename: Dina
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: El Demellwy
authors.forename: Samuel
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Siu
authors.forename: Christopher
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Fiendel
mesh_terms: D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D005260:Female; D005350:Fibroma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000473:pathology; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged