Papillary fibroelastoma, a rare primary benign tumor, can be found anywhere in the heart, but most commonly involves the cardiac valves. Most papillary fibroelastomas do not cause symptoms and are usually incidental f...Papillary fibroelastoma, a rare primary benign tumor, can be found anywhere in the heart, but most commonly involves the cardiac valves. Most papillary fibroelastomas do not cause symptoms and are usually incidental found by routine echocardiography or at autopsy. However, with the advent of echocardiography, more and more patients are diagnosed in life. Early diagnosis of this condition becomes very important since it represents a surgically correctable cause for systemic emboli, stroke, myocardial infarction, and sudden cardiac death. The echocardiographic findings should be confirmed by histology because the clinical differential diagnoses includes myxoma, vegetation, thrombi, lipoma, and pseudopapillary fibroelastoma. We reported a case of papillary fibroelastoma of the aortic valve and presented a comprehensive review of the literature.展开更多
Papillary fibroelastoma is an uncommon tumor. Recognitions of this tumor have been improved thanks to modern imaging advances, which have made more patients to be identified, but at the same time, the management of th...Papillary fibroelastoma is an uncommon tumor. Recognitions of this tumor have been improved thanks to modern imaging advances, which have made more patients to be identified, but at the same time, the management of this disease is still controversial. There aren’t enough studies to basic clinical actions. We present 2 interesting cases involving the semilunar valves. The purpose of presenting these cases is to review this rare disease and the superiority of the three-dimensional echocardiography in their diagnosis.展开更多
文摘Papillary fibroelastoma, a rare primary benign tumor, can be found anywhere in the heart, but most commonly involves the cardiac valves. Most papillary fibroelastomas do not cause symptoms and are usually incidental found by routine echocardiography or at autopsy. However, with the advent of echocardiography, more and more patients are diagnosed in life. Early diagnosis of this condition becomes very important since it represents a surgically correctable cause for systemic emboli, stroke, myocardial infarction, and sudden cardiac death. The echocardiographic findings should be confirmed by histology because the clinical differential diagnoses includes myxoma, vegetation, thrombi, lipoma, and pseudopapillary fibroelastoma. We reported a case of papillary fibroelastoma of the aortic valve and presented a comprehensive review of the literature.
文摘Papillary fibroelastoma is an uncommon tumor. Recognitions of this tumor have been improved thanks to modern imaging advances, which have made more patients to be identified, but at the same time, the management of this disease is still controversial. There aren’t enough studies to basic clinical actions. We present 2 interesting cases involving the semilunar valves. The purpose of presenting these cases is to review this rare disease and the superiority of the three-dimensional echocardiography in their diagnosis.
