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Case Report

Volume 8, Number 6, December 2017, pages 336-338

Unusual Location of a Cardiac Papillary Fibroelastoma

Figures

Figure 1.
Figure 1. Pedunculated mass localized in the left ventricle and originating from the posterior papillary muscle (white arrow). (a, b) Preoperative transthoracic echocardiography findings. (c, d) Intra-operative transesophageal echocardiography findings.
Figure 2.
Figure 2. Complete resection of the mass with peduncle was performed. (a, b) Macroscopic appearance. (c, d) Microscopic appearance (pedunculated avascular collagen tumor (black arrow) covered by single layer of endothelium (black arrow)).