title: Cardiac Papillary Fibroelastoma: case report and review of the literature.
abstract: Primary cardiac tumors are very rare. Cardiac Papillary Fibroelastoma (CPF) is the third most common primary tumor of the heart and most commonly affects cardiac valves. Those tumors appear like a "sea anemone" with multiple papillary fronds attached to the endocardium by a short stalk. It generally occurs as a single structure and is typically found on the atrial aspect of atrioventricular valves or either side of the semilunar valves. We report a case of aortic valve papillary fibroelastoma which was found on autopsy in a patient with normal coronary artery with evidence of myocardial and cerebral ischemic damage and sudden death.
authors: Tarif
authors: T
authors: Khair
authors: Peyman
authors: P
authors: Mazidi
authors: Luis F
authors: LF
authors: Laos
mesh_terms: D001021:Aortic Valve / Q000473:pathology*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005350:Fibroma / Q000473:pathology*; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010210:Papillary Muscles / Q000473:pathology*