title: Nonsurgical management of a tricuspid valvular pedunculated papillary fibroelastoma.
abstract: A 25-year-old woman with a history of kidney transplantation for lupus nephritis was referred for the evaluation and management of a mass incidentally found on echocardiography. An oval and pedunculated mass attached to the tricuspid valve was managed with nonsurgical treatment. No symptoms and complications attributable to the mass developed. Three years later, the size of the mass decreased. Here we report the case of a probable cardiac papillary fibroelastoma (PFE), a mobile mass, with a stalk on the septal leaflet of the tricuspid valve that was managed for three years without surgical treatment.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Inje University College of Medicine, Busan Paik Hospital, Busan, Korea. hacemed@hanmail.net
authors.forename: Sang-Hoon
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Seol
authors.forename: Dong-Soo
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Yang-Chun
authors.initials: YC
authors.lastname: Han
authors.forename: Ki-Hun
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Young-Bok
authors.initials: YB
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Dong-Kie
authors.initials: DK
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.lastname: Ung-Kim
authors.forename: Tae-Hyun
authors.initials: TH
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Dae-Kyeong
authors.initials: DK
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Doo-Il
authors.initials: DI
authors.lastname: Kim
mesh_terms: D000236:Adenoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000628:therapy*; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005350:Fibroma; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D014261:Tricuspid Valve / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014463:Ultrasonography