In 67-year-old woman without any cardiac or neurologic symptoms, a transesophageal echocardiogram showed a rounded mass attached to the non-coronary cusp of the aortic valve (Video 1). We excised the tumor with preservation of the valve (Fig. 1). Gross examination (Fig. 2) and light microscopy confirmed the diagnosis of papillary fibroelastoma. Fig. 1. Intraoperative gross appearance of the pap...

Papillary fibroelastoma is a rare benign lesion of heart (1). It is the second most common primary cardiac neoplasm, accounting for 4.4-8% of all tumors of the heart (2). We described a forensic autopsy of a nearly drowned young man with cardiac papillary fibroelastoma who died because of a pulmonary inflammatory infiltration rich in granulocytes after intensive care. This occurrence is rare bu...

ENWEndNote BIBJabRef, Mendeley RISPapers, Reference Manager, RefWorks, Zotero AMA Trombetti D, Nardi P, Asta L, Pisano C, Altieri Ruvolo G. A rare localization of papillary fibroelastoma. Kardiochirurgia i Torakochirurgia Polska/Polish Journal Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 2022;19(2):103-104. doi:10.5114/kitp.2022.117743. APA Trombetti, D., Nardi, P., Asta, L., Pisano, C., Altieri, & Ruv...

A 50-year-old adult female was admitted to our outpatient clinic with a complaint of dyspnea on effort. Cardiac examination revealed a diastolic murmur best heard at the apex, but was otherwise unremarkable. Transthoracic echocardiography demonstrated a mobile, spherical, hyperechoic, homogeneous mass attached to the posterior mitral leaflet which was causing significant mitral stenosis. 2-dime...

Papillary fibroelastoma is the third most common primary tumour of the heart that usually involves the cardiac valves. Multiple papillary fibroelastomas are extremely rare. We report a case with multiple valve papillary fibroelastoma which was identified only by intraoperative transoesophageal echocardiography. The patient complained of atypical chest pains. She was affected by coronary artery ...

The following paper is on a 49-year-old man who presented to accident and emergency department having experienced five hours of left-sided chest pain, tightness in the chest, and shortness of breath. He also reported paresthesia and an ache in the left arm. Further investigations revealed an aortic valve papillary fibroelastoma. Although histologically papillary fibroelastomas are described as ...

Papillary fibroelastoma (PFE) is an uncommon primary neoplasm of cardiac origin. They are solitary neoplasms that historically were an incidental finding at the time of autopsy. With the advent of two-dimensional echocardiography, symptomatic cases have been reported in current literature, thus causing a paradigm shift in the management of these tumors. Although the majority of PFE are benign, ...