Rare anatomic location of a papillary fibroelastoma.
A rare anatomic location of a fibroelastoma arising form the edge of the right atrial wall near the atrioventricular node and the base of the septal leaflet of the tricuspid valve is presented. Complete surgical excision remains the goal with a precise and careful technique to ensure conduction integrity.
Maybury
Rubie
R
Division of Cardiology, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Washington, DC 20422, USA.
Mullenix
Philip
P
Greenberg
Michael
M
Liu
Minling
M
Trachiotis
Gregory
G
D000368:Aged; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005350:Fibroma; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006349:Heart Valve Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014261:Tricuspid Valve; D014463:Ultrasonography