Cardiac papillary fibroelastoma of the mitral valve chordae

Papillary fibroelastomas are rare, benign, primary cardiac tumors, usually single and small. The neoplasm consists of a leafy, soft excrescence typically located on the cardiac valves. Although papillary fibroelastomas are usually an asymptomatic incidental finding at autopsy, or during cardiac oper...

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Published in:European journal of cardio-thoracic surgery 1998-03, Vol.13 (3), p.322-324
Main Authors: Pacini, Davide, Farneti, Pier Andrea, Leone, Ornella, Galli, Roberto
Format: Article
Language:English
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Biological and medical sciences
Cardiac papillary fibroelastoma
Cardiac surgery
Female
Fibroma - surgery
Heart Neoplasms - surgery
Heart Valve Diseases - surgery
Humans
Medical sciences
Mitral Valve
Surgery (general aspects). Transplantations, organ and tissue grafts. Graft diseases
Surgery of the heart
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Summary:Papillary fibroelastomas are rare, benign, primary cardiac tumors, usually single and small. The neoplasm consists of a leafy, soft excrescence typically located on the cardiac valves. Although papillary fibroelastomas are usually an asymptomatic incidental finding at autopsy, or during cardiac operation, they are occasionally associated with embolic coronary or cerebral symptoms. A case of a patient is reported with papillary fibroelastoma of the mitral valve chordae, who presented several transitory ischemic attacks characterized by loss of conscience, visual bilateral deficit and right emiparesis. Because of their potential systemic embolization, we believe that these lesions should be always excised.
ISSN:1010-7940
1873-734X
DOI:10.1016/S1010-7940(98)00006-2