title: Papillary fibroelastoma of the interventricular septum: mimicking a cardiac myxoma.
abstract: Papillary fibroelastomas are benign cardiac tumors that involve cardiac valves. These tumors are usually asymptomatic and are found incidentally during cardiac surgery or during echocardiographic evaluation in a patient who exhibits cardiac symptoms. However, these tumors may cause major thromboembolic complications. Herein, we describe the surgical management of a patient who had an unusual appearance and location of a papillary fibroelastoma that was attached to the interventricular septum.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia.
authors.forename: Pankaj
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Saxena
authors.forename: Jaffar
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Shehatha
authors.forename: Anupam
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Naran
authors.forename: Shanker
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Rajaratnam
authors.forename: Mark A J
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Newman
authors.forename: Igor E
authors.initials: IE
authors.lastname: Konstantinov
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D005350:Fibroma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D009232:Myxoma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D054088:Ventricular Septum / Q000473:pathology