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A Case Report of a Papillary Fibroelastoma Arising from the Left Ventricular Outflow Septum Just Beneath the Aortic Valve

Shigeo Yamauchi, Hidetsugu Ogasawara, Sekou Suzuki and Wataru Kuwabara

Department of Cardiovascular Surgery and Cardiology, Shirakawa Hospital, Fukushima

Cardiac papillary fibroelastomas are rare benign tumors with frond-like growths that typically involve the native valve tissue. Papillary fibroelastomas originate less commonly in the ventricular septum. We report a rare case of fibroelastoma arising from the left ventricle.

J Nippon Med Sch 2008; 75: 239-241

Keywords
papillary, fibroelastoma

Correspondence to
Shigeo Yamauchi, MD, Director of Cardiovascular Surgery, Shirakawa Hospital, 10-1 Rokutanyama, Shirakawa, Fukushima 961-0092, Japan
shigeo@nms.ac.jp

Received, March 25, 2008
Accepted, April 28, 2008