Cardiac papillary fibroelastoma.

∗ Corresponding author. E-mail address: [email protected] (G.S. Kim). (Figure 1). Because of the potential systemic embolic risk, the patient was referred for complete surgical removal. On operative inspection, the lesion was between the anterior mitral leaflet and primary chordae (Figure 2). A mitral valve repair (28 mm ring annuloplasty, triangular resection of the anterior leaflet and new chordae formation) with complete excision of the mass was undertaken. The mass had a sea-anemone appearance with frond-like projections after immersion in saline solution (Figure 3). The histopathologic examination confirmed a papillary fibroelastoma. The patient’s postoperative course was uneventful. Six months after the operation, the patient’s clinical findings were