Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu về y học được đăng trên tạp chí y học Wertheim cung cấp cho các bạn kiến thức về ngành y đề tài: Papillary fibroelastoma of the left atrial wall: a case report. | Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery BioMed Central Case report Papillary fibroelastoma of the left atrial wall a case report Murat Bicer1 Mustafa Cikirikcioglu 1 Erman Pektok1 Hajo Muller2 Sarah Dettwiler3 and Afksendiyos Kalangos1 Open Access Address Department of Cardiovascular Surgery University Hospital and Medical Faculty of Geneva Geneva Switzerland 2Department of Cardiology University Hospital and Medical Faculty of Geneva Geneva Switzerland and 3Department of Clinical Pathology University Hospital and Medical Faculty of Geneva Geneva Switzerland Email Murat Bicer - mbicer23@ Mustafa Cikirikcioglu - Erman Pektok - Hajo Muller - Sarah Dettwiler - Afksendiyos Kalangos - Corresponding author Published I July 2009 Received 15 December 2008 Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery 2009 4 28 doi 1749-8090-4-28 Accepted 1 July 2009 This article is available from http content 4 1 28 2009 Bicer et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Cardiac papillary fibroelastoma is a rare benign cardiac tumor. It often arises from valvular endocardium and non-valvular endocardial location is rare. Although transthoracic echocardiography is usually sufficient for the diagnosis of most cardiac tumors small tumors such as papillary fibroelastoma may be missed. Transesophageal echocardiography is superior to transthoracic echocardiography in diagnosing these tumors. Despite their benign histology and independent of their size they should be resected surgically because of their high potential for embolization. In this report we present a case of papillary .
