Case Report: A Rare Case of Right-Sided Papillary Fibroelastoma in a 1-Year-Old With Congenital Heart Disease

Ali Ahmad; Edward A El-Am; Reto D Kurmann; Donald J Hagler; Melanie C Bois; Joseph J Maleszewski; Kyle W Klarich

doi:10.3389/fcvm.2020.624219

Case Report: A Rare Case of Right-Sided Papillary Fibroelastoma in a 1-Year-Old With Congenital Heart Disease

Front Cardiovasc Med. 2021 Jan 27:7:624219. doi: 10.3389/fcvm.2020.624219. eCollection 2020.

Authors

Ali Ahmad¹, Edward A El-Am^{1

2}, Reto D Kurmann¹, Donald J Hagler^{1

3}, Melanie C Bois⁴, Joseph J Maleszewski^{1

4}, Kyle W Klarich¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, United States.
² Department of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, United States.
³ Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, United States.
⁴ Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, United States.

Abstract

Introduction: Cardiac papillary fibroelastomas (PFEs) are the most common primary benign cardiac tumors, although they are somewhat unusual in children and typically seen on the left-sided cardiac valves. Case summary: A 10-week-old patient was found to have a partial atrioventricular canal defect, with associated tricuspid and mitral regurgitation. He was medically managed until 1 year of age, when surgical correction was done. During the procedure, a PFE was found incidentally on the TV. Conclusion: This is one of the youngest patients to be reported with PFE, thus adding to the literature of these unusual cases in children.

Keywords: cardiac tumor; case report; congenital heart disease; papillary fibroelastoma; pediatrics.

Publication types

Case Reports