title: No regrowth after incomplete papillary fibroelastoma excision.
abstract: Cardiac papillary fibroelastomas are rare primary cardiac tumors of unknown prevalence. As intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography has become widely used, fibroelastomas are increasingly detected as incidental findings. There are multiple reports of surgical excision, but none describing incomplete excision with long-term surveillance. We report a case of incomplete excision of an aortic valve fibroelastoma subsequently followed-up for 6.5 years without regrowth.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Westmead Hospital, Sydney, Australia.
authors.forename: Satoshi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sumino
authors.forename: Hugh S
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Paterson
mesh_terms: D000789:Angina, Unstable / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D001021:Aortic Valve / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D023921:Coronary Stenosis / Q000150:complications; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D005350:Fibroma / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006322:Heart Aneurysm / Q000150:complications; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D033162:Incidental Findings; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery