Pulmonary valve papillary fibroelastoma. A case report.
We present a case of pulmonary valve fibroelastoma diagnosed by echocardiogram which was confirmed by surgical resection in a patient in whom elective coronary artery bypass surgery was performed. The patient had no clinical or constitutional symptoms suggesting the presence of an intracardiac tumor. Routine preoperative transthoracic echocardiography revealed a pulmonary valve tumor. Histopathological analysis resulted in a diagnosis of papillary fibroelastoma. Papillary fibroelastomas are rare and benign cardiac tumors. They usually arise from the cardiac valves. In the literature we found only a few cases, so it seems there is a need for further description of additional cases of pulmonary valve fibroelastoma.
Kovacević
Miljenko
M
Department of Cardiac Surgery, University Hospital, Rijeka, Croatia. m.kovacevic@inet.hr
Simić
Ognjen
O
Matana
Ante
A
Lucin
Ksenija
K
Stifter
Sanja
S
D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D005260:Female; D005350:Fibroma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D033162:Incidental Findings; D008875:Middle Aged; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000601:surgery; D011664:Pulmonary Valve / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D014463:Ultrasonography; D019043:Vascular Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery