title: Cardiac papillary fibroelastoma of the mitral chorda.
abstract: We describe a case of cardiac papillary fibroelastoma in a 33-year-old man. The diagnosis was established by echocardiography. Computerised tomographic angiography gave no evidence of coronary stenosis, but illustrated a radiopaque filling defect in the left ventricle. The papillary fibroelastoma was removed together with the involved chorda, and an artificial chord was implanted under cardiopulmonary bypass. Histological study confirmed the diagnosis of papillary fibroelastoma. Due to the potentials of cerebral and coronary embolisation, surgical management to the patients with a papillary fibroelastoma is highly recommended.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiac and Thoracic Surgery, The Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer 52621, Israel. shi_min_yuan@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Shi-Min
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Yuan
authors.forename: Amihay
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Shinfeld
authors.forename: Olga
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Kostiuk
authors.forename: Dvora
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Nass
authors.forename: Ehud
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Raanani
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002315:Cardiopulmonary Bypass; D004452:Echocardiography; D005350:Fibroma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed