title: Massive cardiac fibroma.
abstract: Nonmyxomatous tumors of the heart are exceedingly rare in adults. We report a case of symptomatic, massive, right ventricular cardiac fibroma found in an adult. Despite multiple (preoperative) biopsies, diagnosis was made only after surgical excision.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Rhode Island Hospital, The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, USA. ndobrilovic@lifespan.org
authors.forename: Nikola
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Dobrilovic
authors.forename: Arun K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: LeGolvan
authors.forename: Frank W
authors.initials: FW
authors.lastname: Sellke
mesh_terms: D001706:Biopsy; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D005260:Female; D005350:Fibroma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D006352:Heart Ventricles; D006801:Humans; D019028:Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Cine; D008875:Middle Aged; D015899:Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed