Surgery of Cardiac Papillary Fibroelastoma: Case Report
Abstract
Cardiac papillary fibroelastoma is very rare and benign primitive tumor, usually involving heart valves. It becomes serious illnesses when associated with clinical events, as systemic embolism. Currently, the diagnosis is easily evoked by echocardiography. Surgical excision of this tumor is a safe and effective treatment to prevent the risks of embolic repetition. We report on a 69 year-old woman suffering from a non-coronary aortic cusp fibroelastoma attached to the non-coronary aortic discovered by chance. Echocardiography detected tumor, sessile and mobile, attached to the non-coronary aortic cusp. The tumor was surgically excised. The histological examination confirmed the diagnosis of aortic papillary fibroelastoma. The clinical course was uneventful and no recurrence was observed.