A man in his early 60s presented to the emergency department with acute onset of right facial numbness and drooping, right hand and leg weakness, and slurred speech. These symptoms lasted for approximately 10 minutes and resolved spontaneously. The patient denied previous similar episodes. An echocardiogram revealed a left ventricular mass for which the patient underwent surgery. The pathology report was a papillary fibroelastoma.
Sierig G, Vondrys D, Daehnert I: Papillary fibroelastoma of the left atrium in a 3-year-old boy. Images in Paediatric Cardiology2003; 17: 5–9.
2.
Araoz P, Mulvagh S, Tazelaar H, et al: CT and MR imaging of benign cardiac neoplasms with echocardiographic correlation. Radiographics2000; 20: 1303–1319.
3.
Boulmier D, Ecke JE, Verhoye JP: Recurrent myocardial infarction due to obstruction of the right coronary artery ostium by an aortic papillary fibroelastoma. J Invasive Cardiol2002; 14: 686–688.
4.
Mazzucco A, Faggian G, Bortolotti U, et al: Embolizing papillary fibroelastoma of the mitral valve. Tex Heart Inst J1991; 18: 62–66.
5.
Sankar NM, Odayan MK: Cardiac valvular fibroelastoma, a report of 2 cases. Tex Heart Inst J1999; 26: 298–299.
6.
Calderon M, Talledo O, Ott D, et al: Left ventricular papillary fibroelastoma, an unusual cause of cerebral emboli. Tex Heart Inst J1991; 18: 219–222.
7.
Cohn LH, Edmunds LH Jr (eds): Cardiac Surgery in the Adult. New York, McGraw-Hill, 2003.
Fuster V, Alexander RW, O'Rourke RA, et al: Hurst's The Heart. New York, McGraw-Hill, 2004.
10.
Mohammad A, Pambakian H, Young C, et al: Fibroelastoma: case report and review of the literature. Heart1998; 79: 301–304.
11.
Neerukonda S, Jantz R, Vijay NK, Narrod JA, Schoonmaker FW: Pulmonary embolization of papillary fibroelastoma arising from the tricuspid valve. Tex Heart Inst J1991; 18: 132–135.
12.
Sun JP, Asher C, Yang XS, et al: Clinical echocardiographic characteristics of papillary fibroelastomas, a retrospective and prospective study in 162 patients. Circulation2001; 103: 2687–2687.
