Papillary fibroelastoma of the right coronary cusp.
Cardiac papillary fibroelastoma (CPF) is a pathologically benign cardiac tumor. This tumor usually arises from cardiac valves, and it is the most common cardiac valvular tumor. This usually single and pedunculated tumor should be surgically treated when the mass is mobile and the patient has experienced a prior stroke, even if the stroke has manifested as a transient ischemic attack. Surgical treatment is definitive, and no recurrences have been reported in the literature. We describe a patient who had a diagnosis of CPF while undergoing investigation for a cryptogenic stroke.
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Başkent University Adana Medical Center, Yüreğir, Adana, Turkey. osdemirturk@yahoo.com
Orhan Saim
OS
Demirtürk
Hüseyin Ali
HA
Tünel
Oner
O
Gülcan
Isa
I
Coşkun
D000368:Aged; D001021:Aortic Valve / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004452:Echocardiography; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D005260:Female; D005350:Fibroma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D019918:Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D010210:Papillary Muscles / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery