title: Asymptomatic papillary fibroelastoma of the mitral valve.
abstract: We report an asymptomatic case of a papillary fibroelastoma adherent to the mitral anterior leaflet. Transthoracic echocardiography of an 85-year-old man with chronic atrial fibrillation and no thromboembolic episodes, revealed a cardiac tumor on the mitral valve. Transesophageal echocardiography demonstrated typical findings for a papillary fibroelastoma. The tumor was successfully removed using a shave excision technique. Currently, these tumors are found incidentally in asymptomatic patients by advanced diagnostic modalities.
authors: Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Jichi Medical University, 3311-1 Yakushiji, Shimotsuke, Tochigi, 329-0498, Japan.
authors: Chihiro
authors: C
authors: Iwashita
authors: Shin-ichi
authors: S
authors: Oki
authors: Tsutomu
authors: T
authors: Saito
authors: Yoshio
authors: Y
authors: Misawa
mesh_terms: D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D058070:Asymptomatic Diseases; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D005350:Fibroma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D033162:Incidental Findings; D008297:Male; D008943:Mitral Valve / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome