Papillary fibroelastoma arising from the pulmonary valve associated with pulmonary embolization

Connecticut Medicine

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 143-146

  Dilorenzo, William R ^a,e   Donohue, Thomas J ^a,d   Ghantous, Andre E ^b,c  

^a Hospital of Saint Raphael   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HOSPITAL OF SAINT RAPHAEL   (United States)

^d Hospital of Saint Raphael

^e NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ENDOCARDIAL FIBROELASTOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PULMONARY VALVE; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; ENDOCARDIAL FIBROELASTOSIS; FEMALE; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HUMANS; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; PULMONARY VALVE;

EID: 41749109815     PISSN: 00106178     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (16)

1. Ibrahim M,Masters RG,Hynes M,et al: Papillary fibroelastoma of the pulmonary valve. Can J Cardiol 2006 May 1; 22(6):509-10.
2. Costa MJ, Makaryus AN, Rosman DR: A rare case of a cardiac papillary fibroelastoma of the pulmonary valve diagnosed by echocardiography. Int J Cardiovasc Imaging 2006 Apr; 22(2):199-203.
3. Okada K, Sueda T, Orihashi K, et al: Cardiac papillary fibroelastoma on the pulmonary valve: A rare cardiac tumor. Ann Thorac Surg 2001 May; 71(5):1677-9.
4. Saad RS, Galvis CO, Bshara W, et al: Pulmonary valve papillary fibroelastoma. A case report and review of the literature. Arch Pathol Lab Med 2001 Jul; 125(7):933-4.
5. Neerukonda SK,Jantz RD,Nampalli VK,et al:Embolization of papillary fibroelastoma of the tricuspid valve. Tex Heart Inst J 1991; 18:132-5.
6. Lund GK, Schroder S, Koschyk DH, Nienaber CA: Echocardiographic diagnosis of papillary fibroelastoma of the mitral and tricuspid valve apparatus. Clin Cardiol 1997; 20:175-7.
7. Sun JP, Asher CR, Yang XS, et al: Clinical and echocardiographic characteristics of papillary fibroelastomas: a retrospective and prospective study in 162 patients. Circulation 2001; 103: 2687-93.
8. Bhagwandien NS, Shah N, Costello JM Jr, et al: Echocardiographic detection of pulmonary valve papillary fibroelastoma.J Cardiovasc Surg 1998 Jun; 39(3):351-4.
9. McFadden PM, Lacy JR: Intracardiac papillary fibroelastoma: An occult cause of embolic neurologic deficit. Ann Thorac Surg 1987; 43:667-9.
10. Topol EJ,Biern RO, Reitz BA: Cardiac papillary fibroelastoma and stroke. Echocardiographic diagnosis and guide to excision. Am J Med 1986; 80:129-32.
11. Fine G, Pai SR: Cardiac papillary fibroelastoma: a source of coronary artery emboli and myocardial infarction. Henry Ford Hosp Med J 1984; 32:204-8.
12. Zull DN, Berunger D: Angina and sudden death resulting from papillary fibroelastoma of the aortic valve. Ann Emerg Med 1985; 14:470-3.
13. Mazzucco A, Bortolotti U, Thiene G, et al: Left ventricular papillary fibroelastoma with coronary embolization. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 1989; 3:471-3.
14. Zamora RL, Adelberg DA, Berger AS, et al: Branch retinal artery occlusion causedby a mitral valve papillary fibroelastoma. Opthalmology 1995; 19: 325-9.
15. Gowda RM, Khan IA,Nair C,et al: Cardiac papillary fibroelastoma: A comprehensive analysis of 725 cases. Am Heart J 2003; Sep; 146(3):404-10.
16. Yopp AC, Vaynblat M,Cuningham JN Jr,Lazzaro RS: Delayed presentation oflow molecular weight heparin treatment failure in a patient with mitral valve prosthesis J Card Surg 2007; Jan-Feb(1); 22:72-73.