title: Cardiac Papillary Fibroelastoma Originating from the Mitral Valve Chordae.
abstract: Cardiac papillary fibroelastoma (CPF) is a rare benign primary cardiac neoplasm. In particular, CPF originating from the mitral valve chordae is extremely rare. A 74-year-old man was hospitalized for the evaluation of a cardiac mass in the left ventricle. Echocardiography revealed a mobile, spherical, pedunculated 2.1×2.1 cm mass at the mitral valve chordae with no mitral regurgitation. The patient underwent excision of the mass without repairing the mitral valve. A histological examination confirmed the mass to be a papillary fibroelastoma.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Gifu University School of Medicine, Japan.
authors.forename: Itta
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Kawamura
authors.forename: Misayo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hayashi
authors.forename: Hiromitsu
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kanamori
authors.forename: Masanori
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kawasaki
authors.forename: Kazuhiko
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nishigaki
authors.forename: Shinya
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Minatoguchi
authors.forename: Yusuke
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Mizuno
authors.forename: Hirofumi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Takemura
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005350:Fibroma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008943:Mitral Valve / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D008944:Mitral Valve Insufficiency; D014463:Ultrasonography