Papillary fibroelastoma on pulmonary valve - Valve-sparing surgery of a cardiac tumor in a rare location

Tomas Grus; Petr Kuchynka; Tomas Palecek; Ladislav Hadravsky; Tomas Urbanec; Lukas Lambert

doi:10.1016/j.carpath.2019.107195

Papillary fibroelastoma on pulmonary valve - Valve-sparing surgery of a cardiac tumor in a rare location

Cardiovasc Pathol. 2020 May-Jun:46:107195. doi: 10.1016/j.carpath.2019.107195. Epub 2020 Jan 2.

Authors

Tomas Grus¹, Petr Kuchynka², Tomas Palecek², Ladislav Hadravsky³, Tomas Urbanec², Lukas Lambert⁴

Affiliations

¹ 2nd Department of Surgery, Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University and General University Hospital in Prague, U Nemocnice 2, 128 00 Prague 2, Czech Republic.
² 2(nd) Department of Medicine, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University and General University Hospital in Prague, U Nemocnice 2, 128 00 Prague 2, Czech Republic.
³ Institute of Pathology, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University and General University Hospital in Prague, Studnickova 2, 128 00 Prague 2, Czech Republic.
⁴ Department of Radiology, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University and General University Hospital in Prague, U Nemocnice 2, 128 00 Prague 2, Czech Republic. Electronic address: lambert.lukas@gmail.com.

PMID: 31991370
DOI: 10.1016/j.carpath.2019.107195

Abstract

We present images of a papillary fibroelastoma on a pulmonary valve - echocardiography, intraoperative images, macroscopic and microscopic images of the tumor in this uncommon location.

Keywords: Computed tomography; Echocardiography; Fibroelastoma; Pulmonary valve; Valve-sparing surgery.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Cardiac Surgical Procedures*
Fibroma / diagnostic imaging
Fibroma / pathology
Fibroma / surgery*
Heart Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
Heart Neoplasms / pathology
Heart Neoplasms / surgery*
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Pericardium / transplantation*
Pulmonary Valve / diagnostic imaging
Pulmonary Valve / pathology
Pulmonary Valve / surgery*
Treatment Outcome