Cardiac Papillary Fibroelastoma: the Need for a Timely Diagnosis

Authors

Srikanth Yandrapalli, New York Medical College
B Mehta
P Mondal
Tanush Gupta, New York Medical CollegeFollow
Pallavi Khattar, New York Medical CollegeFollow
John Fallon, New York Medical CollegeFollow
Randy Goldberg, New York Medical CollegeFollow
Sachin Sule, New York Medical CollegeFollow
Wilbert Aronow, New York Medical CollegeFollow

Journal Title

World Journal of Clinical Cases

First Page

9

Last Page

13

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1-1-2017

Department

Medicine

Abstract

Cardiac papillary fibroelastomas (CPFs) are the second most common primary cardiac tumors and the most common cardiac valvular tumors. Although they are histologically benign and usually asymptomatic, CPFs can lead to serious and life-threatening complications like myocardial infarction, stroke, pulmonary embolus, cardiac arrest etc. CPFs represent a rare entity in clinical medicine and literature regarding their management is limited. We report two cases which illustrate such complications arising from undiagnosed CPFs on the aortic valve. We further stress on the importance of identifying CPFs early so that they can be managed appropriately based on recommendations from the available literature.

Recommended Citation

Yandrapalli, S., Mehta, B., Mondal, P., Gupta, T., Khattar, P., Fallon, J., Goldberg, R., Sule, S., & Aronow, W. (2017). Cardiac Papillary Fibroelastoma: the Need for a Timely Diagnosis. World Journal of Clinical Cases, 5 (1), 9-13. https://doi.org/10.12998/wjcc.v5.i1.9

Publisher's Statement

Originally published in World Journal of Clinical Cases, 5(1), 9-13. The original material can be found here.

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