Key result
Surgical removal of a rare cardiac papillary fibroelastoma originating from the pulmonary vein resulted in an uneventful recovery with no recurrence at 2-year follow-up.
Population
1 patient presenting with an embolic stroke from a thrombus on the surface of a left atrial papillary…
Design
Case_report
Follow-up
2 years
Authors
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Documents first pulmonary vein origin of papillary fibroelastoma with uneventful excision; leaves open incidence, embolization risk, and surveillance needs.
Case Report (n=1)
This case report describes the first known instance of a cardiac papillary fibroelastoma originating from the pulmonary veins, successfully treated with surgical excision.
Gowda et al. (2002) conducted a case report in Cardiac papillary fibroelastoma (n=1). Surgical tumor removal was evaluated on Postoperative recovery and tumor recurrence. Surgical removal of a rare cardiac papillary fibroelastoma originating from the pulmonary vein resulted in an uneventful recovery with no recurrence at 2-year follow-up.
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