PAPILLARY FIBROELASTOMA OF THE TRICUSPID-VALVE

Authors
BENTLEY MJ MULLEN JC
Citation
Mj. Bentley et Jc. Mullen, PAPILLARY FIBROELASTOMA OF THE TRICUSPID-VALVE, Canadian journal of cardiology, 13(8), 1997, pp. 773-774
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Cardiac & Cardiovascular System
Journal title
Canadian journal of cardiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
0828282X
Volume
13
Issue
8
Year of publication
1997
Pages
773 - 774
Database
ISI
SICI code
0828-282X(1997)13:8<773:PFOTT>2.0.ZU;2-Z
Abstract
A 50-year old woman with a long-standing history of palpitations was f ound by echocardiography to have a 1.5 cm mass on the atrial surface o f the anterior leaflet of the tricuspid valve. Surgical excision inclu ded a portion of surrounding leaflet tissue. The tumour was a papillar y fibroelastoma. She remained asymptomatic with no recurrence in follo w-up.