Papillary fibroelastoma of a mitral valve chordae, presenting with atypical chest pain and palpitation: A case report and the literature.
BACKGROUND
Primary intra cardiac tumors are rare. In this article, we present papillary fibroelastoma of mitral valve chordae.


METHODS
A 35-year old man presented with atypical chest pain and palpitation. Physical examination and electrocardiogram were normal. Transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) revealed a mass of 1015 mm attached to chordae of anteromedial papillary muscle of mitral valve. The tumor was completely resected and the mitral valve chordae tendineae was preserved successfully. The pathological diagnosis was papillary fibroelastoma.


CONCLUSIONS
In any patient with atypical chest pain and palpitation, valvular tumor should be considered in differential diagnosis.
Associate prof. of Cardiac Surgery, Cardiac Surgery Department, Fatemeh Zahra Hospital of Sari, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran.
Shervin
S
Ziabakhsh
Cardiovascular Department, Fatemeh Zahra Hospital of Sari, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran.
Rozita
R
Jalalian
General Physician, Fatemeh Zahra Hospital of Sari, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran.
Farzad
F
Mokhtari-Esbuie
Cardiac tumor; Mitral valve chordae.; Papillary fibroelastoma