title: Pulmonary valve papillary fibroelastoma: a rare tumor and rare location.
abstract: Although rare, papillary fibroelastomas (PFEs) are considered the third most common cause of primary cardiac neoplasm. They are usually asymptomatic and are found during routine echocardiography. PFEs of the pulmonary valve are extremely rare. They are usually benign; however, because of their potential to embolize to the pulmonary circulation, it is often recommended that they be removed. This article reviews a case of an asymptomatic PFE of the pulmonary valve, incidentally found in a patient who presented with three-vessel coronary artery disease.
authors: Hatim
authors: H
authors: Yagoub
authors: Abdullah Sayied
authors: AS
authors: Abdullah
authors: Abdalla
authors: A
authors: Ibrahim
authors: Brendan
authors: B
authors: Meany
authors: Peter
authors: P
authors: Faul
authors: Cardiology Department, University Hospital Limerick, Ireland; Pathology Department, University Hospital Limerick, Ireland.
authors: Thomas J
authors: TJ
authors: Kiernan