Key result
Rare tricuspid valve papillary fibroelastoma identified in a pediatric patient.
Why the study?
Papillary fibroelastomas originating on the tricuspid valve—occurring in fewer than 5% of cases—and in pediatric patients are exceedingly rare and present unique diagnostic and management challenges.
Case Report (n=1)
This case report highlights an exceedingly rare presentation of a tricuspid valve papillary fibroelastoma in a 15-year-old pediatric patient, which presents unique diagnostic and management challenges.
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Alerts clinicians to rare pediatric tricuspid fibroelastoma; leaves open optimal diagnostic and management strategies.
Papillary fibroelastomas are considered to be the second most common benign cardiac tumors and the most common valvular tumors. In our case, the origin was from the tricuspid valve, though the vast majority arise on left-sided valves (aortic or mitral), with tricuspid valve involvement reported in fewer than 5% of cases. Papillary fibroelastomas originating on the tricuspid valve, and that too in pediatric patients, are exceedingly rare and present unique diagnostic and management challenges.
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Reddy et al. (2026) conducted a case report in Tricuspid valve papillary fibroelastoma (n=1). Tricuspid valve papillary fibroelastoma was reported in a 15-year-old female, an exceedingly rare pediatric presentation accounting for <5% of valvular fibroelastoma cases.
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