title: Pulmonary valve papillary fibroelastoma. A case report.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiac Surgery, University Hospital, Rijeka, Croatia. m.kovacevic@inet.hr
authors.forename: Miljenko
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kovacević
authors.forename: Ognjen
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Simić
authors.forename: Ante
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Matana
authors.forename: Ksenija
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Lucin
authors.forename: Sanja
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Stifter
mesh_terms: 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