Surgical treatment for papillary fibroelastoma of the aortic valve non-coronary cusp

• Kuznetsov Dmitriy V.
• Gevorkyan Arik A.
• Mikhailov Kirill M.
• Nikolaeva Elena N.
• Karpushkina Elena M.

AbstractA 58-year-old woman was referral to the cardiac surgery department of Samara Regional Clinical Cardiological Dispensary. She was suspected of having infective endocarditis with aortic valve lesion. Results of echocardiography and computer tomography did not confirm infectious nature of the process, but revealed a 10 mm mass lesion (tumor?) on aortic valve non-coronary cusp. Considering high risk of embolism, a surgical approach was chosen to treat these patient. Pedunculated tumor resection and resection of non-coronary cusp epilayer was performed. Postoperative histopathological examination of the excised tumour confirmed the diagnosis – papillary fibroelastoma. The patient underwent echocardiography during discharge from the hospital, as well as 3 and 6 months after the operation. Aortic valve function was not impaired, there was no tumor recurrence.

Keywords:fibroelastoma, aortic valve, cardiac myxoma

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