title: Cardiac papillary fibroelastoma as a reason of transient ischemic attack for a young patient.
abstract: Cardiac papillary fibroelastoma is a rare primary cardiac tumor. It occurs mainly in the endothelium of cardiac valves. Although cardiac papillary fibroelastomas are benign tumors, they have potential life threatening complications such as sudden death, stroke, and myocardial infarction. A young man who presented two syncope attacks referred to our hospital for cardiac examination. A mass was found attached to the anterior mitral leaflet, detected by transthoracic echocardiography. We planned an urgent surgery for the patient. During operation, we found out the cauliflower shaped mass on the atrial side of the anterior mitral leaflet. We excised the tumor completely without damage to the mitral valve. We confirmed the diagnosis histopathologically. Intracardiac tumors must be excised urgently due to severe complications. It's so important to protect native valve leaflets during the excision of papillary fibroelastoma with low rates of recurrence.
authors: Ahmet
authors: A
authors: Yavuz Balci
authors: Ilyas
authors: I
authors: Kayacioglu
authors: Unsal
authors: U
authors: Vural
authors: Pinar
authors: P
authors: Alkan
authors: Mehmet
authors: M
authors: Ates
authors: Abdullah Kemal
authors: AK
authors: Tuygun
authors: Ibrahim
authors: I
authors: Yekeler
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004452:Echocardiography; D005350:Fibroma / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D002546:Ischemic Attack, Transient / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male; D008943:Mitral Valve / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D010210:Papillary Muscles / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*