A Case of Pulmonary Valve Papillary Fibroelastoma
10.4326/jjcvs.34.334
- VernacularTitle:肺動脈弁原発乳頭状弾性線維腫の１手術例―本邦報告例の検討―
- Author:
Akiko Tanaka
;
Takaki Sugimoto
;
Takashi Kitade
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- From:Japanese Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery
2005;34(5):334-336
- CountryJapan
- Language:Japanese
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Abstract:
Papillary fibroelastoma (PFE) is a benign tumor accounting for approximately 8% of cardiac tumors. We report a 64-year-old woman with pulmonary valve PFE associated with atrial septal defect. It was detected by a transesophageal echocardiography as a fluttering mass clinging to the pulmonary valve, and was simply removed concomitantly with a patch closure of atrial septal defect. In a review of the past literature, 43 surgical cases of PFE have been reported in Japan, and aortic valve, mitral valve and left ventricle PFE was commonly encountered in 81%. Pulmonary PFE is very rare, and only one case has been reported apart from the present one.
