Papillary Fibroelastoma Involving the Left Ventricular Wall
Document Type
Review
Publication Date
6-1-2003
Description
A 71-year-old white woman presented to her primary care physician for a routine visit and was found to have a new, previously undocumented cardiac murmur. A subsequent transthoracic echocardiogram revealed a 1 cm mobile mass arising from the lateral free wall of the left ventricle. Transesophageal echocardiography later confirmed these findings. The patient underwent a left ventriculotomy and excision of a .7 cm friable mass, which was later identified as a papillary fibroelastoma (PFE) by routine histopathologic studies. We present this unique case with a review of the literature.
Citation Information
Schoondyke, Jeffrey W.; Burress, Jonathan W.; Shabaneh, Bahaeddin; Giorgadze, Tamar A.; Costello, Patrick N.; Fahrig, Stephen; and Whitaker, Jack. 2003. Papillary Fibroelastoma Involving the Left Ventricular Wall. Reviews in Cardiovascular Medicine. Vol.4(3). 184-187. PMID: 12949445 ISSN: 1530-6550