title: [Papillary fibroelastoma attached to the underside of the aortic valve; report of a case].
abstract: We report a case of papillary fibroelastoma of the aortic valve. A 72-year-old man was referred to our hospital with cardiac tumor incidentally detected by transthoracic echocardiography. Transesophageal echocardiography showed a mobile tumor on the ventricular side of the aortic valve. We performed semi-emergency surgery and resected the tumor with a blade to prevent embolism. Pathologic findings revealed papillary fibroelastoma. The postoperative course was uneventful, and the patient was discharged 10 days arter surgery. Follow-up transthoracic echocardiography has not shown any evidence of local recurrence.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Nagoya City East Medical Center, Nagoya, Japan.
authors.forename: Masatoshi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sunada
authors.forename: Hisao
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Suda
authors.forename: Takuya
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nakayama
authors.forename: Toshiyuki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yamada
authors.forename: Yosuke
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Miyata
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001021:Aortic Valve / Q000473:pathology; D000082882:Bicuspid Aortic Valve Disease; D004452:Echocardiography; D005350:Fibroma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*; D006349:Heart Valve Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male