Kammerer I, Besser R, Al-Azani M, Frank C, Bohrer MH, Sack FU. Fibroelastoma Recurrence in Left Ventricle: Rarity of Primary Cardiac Tumor.
Surg J (N Y) 2015;
1:e35-e37. [PMID:
28824968 DOI:
10.1055/s-0035-1565244]
[Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2015] [Accepted: 09/04/2015] [Indexed: 10/22/2022] Open
Abstract
Cardiac papillary fibroelastoma (CPF) is a primary cardiac neoplasm usually detected by echocardiography. Left ventricular fibroelastomas are extremely rare. The incidence of CPF is between 0.0017 and 0.33% during autopsy studies. We report a 70-year-old man who had papillary fibroelastoma discovered and resected in 2005 that recurred in 2013. The tumor grew rapidly from 2013 to 2014. A bioprosthetic mitral valve was placed in 2014. Due to the location and nature of the recurrent tumor, mitral valve replacement was the treatment of choice to prevent a third recurrence of the fibroelastoma. The patient was discharged from the hospital on postoperative day 9.
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