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Vol. 34. Issue 7 - 8.
Pages 507-508 (July - August 2015)
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Cardiac papillary fibroelastoma
Fibloelastoma papilar cardíaco
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Sang-Wan Ryua, Min Sun Beomb, Sung Ryong Kimb, Gwan Sic Kimb,
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a Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Chosun University Hospital, Chosun College of Medicine, Gwangju, Republic of Korea
b Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Saint Carollo Hospital, Suncheon, Republic of Korea
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A 41-year-old man presented to the cardiovascular department with paroxysmal twinges in the left chest for three days. The initial chest radiograph, 12-lead electrocardiogram and laboratory findings were unremarkable. Transthoracic echocardiography revealed a 10.6 mm × 8.3 mm mobile mass attached to the anterior mitral leaflet (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 normal, without evidence of recurrence by transthoracic echocardiography.

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Transthoracic echocardiography revealing a 10.6 mm × 8.3 mm mobile mass attached to the anterior mitral leaflet.

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On operative inspection, the lesion was between the anterior mitral leaflet and primary chordae.

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The mass had a sea-anemone appearance with frond-like projections after immersion in saline solution.

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