Incidental papillary fibroelastoma of the tricuspid valve

Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery

Abbas Agaimy¹  Michael Weyand³  Ehab Nooh³  Sabine Scheuermann²  Thomas Strecker³ 

[1] Institute of Pathology, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Krankenhausstraße 12, 91054 Erlangen, Germany;Department of Cardiology, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Krankenhausstraße 12, 91054 Erlangen, Germany;Center of Cardiac Surgery, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Krankenhausstraße 12, 91054 Erlangen, Germany

关键词: Pathology;    Cardiac surgery;    Echocardiography;    Papillary fibroelastoma;    Cardiac tumors;   

Others  :  1152214
DOI  :  10.1186/1749-8090-9-123

 received in 2014-04-04, accepted in 2014-07-08,  发布年份 2014

【 摘 要 】

Primary cardiac tumors are very rare, papillary fibroelastoma (PFE) being the second most common benign tumor of the heart in previous series. However, as a consequence of increased imaging examinations, incidental PFE may represent the most common cardiac tumor. Their clinical presentation varies from incidental asymptomatic masses to severe life-threatening cardiovascular complications necessitating emergency surgery. Here we report the diagnostic evaluation and successful surgical resection of such a cardiac tumor in a 67-year-old woman. Histology confirmed diagnosis of a papillary fibroelastoma. This report demonstrates it’s necessary to include cardiac tumors in the differential diagnosis of subtle and non-specific cardiothoracic symptoms.

【 授权许可】

   
2014 Strecker et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.

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