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Right Atrial Papillary Fibroelastoma
Author(s) -
Nwiloh Jonathan,
Hernandez Earnesto,
Mercado Ada
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
journal of cardiac surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.428
H-Index - 58
eISSN - 1540-8191
pISSN - 0886-0440
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-8191.2010.01042.x
Subject(s) - papillary fibroelastoma , medicine , cardiology , heart atrium , heart neoplasms , cardiac tumors
Papillary fibroelastoma (PFE) is a benign cardiac tumor rarely seen in the right atrium and often misdiagnosed as atrial myxoma or thrombus. We report one such case found in the right atrium during workup in a patient presenting with transient ischemic attack (TIA). PFEs are found most frequently in the valvular endocardium of the left heart. When encountered in the right heart and symptomatic, they tend to be larger in size presumably due to a longer latent period of growth. Although histologically the tumors are benign, they have the potential for fatal complications due to their propensity to embolize . (J Card Surg 2011;26:39‐41)