A Case of Cardiac Papillary Fibroelastoma Located in Left Atrial Appendage and Cerebral Embolism
- VernacularTitle:左心耳内に発生し，脳梗塞で発症した乳頭状弾性線維腫の1例
- Author:
Kyohei KAWASAKI
1
;
Takuya MIYAZAKI
1
;
Minoru YOSHIDA
1
;
Tadashi ISOMURA
1
Author Information
- Keywords: cardiac papillary fibroelastoma; intra left auricle tumor; intra left auricle thrombus
- From:Japanese Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery 2025;54(2):61-63
- CountryJapan
- Language:ja
- Abstract: Cardiac papillary fibroelastoma (PFE) is a benign cardiac tumor that mainly occurs in the valve leaflets of the left heart. The patient was a 72-year-old man diagnosed with cerebral infarction. Contrast-enhanced computed tomography and transesophageal echocardiography revealed a 12-mm mass in the left atrial appendage (LAA), and we decided to undergo emergency cardiac tumor resection due to embolism onset. Postoperative pathological examination revealed an extremely rare cardiac PFE originating in the LAA.
