Papillary Fibroelastoma on the Pulmonary Valve: An Uncommon and Unexpected Diagnosis

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  • Catarina Martins Lameiras Serviço de Medicina Interna, Hospital Prof. Doutor Fernando da Fonseca, Amadora, Portugal https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8302-3037
  • Inês Fialho Serviço de Cardiologia, Hospital Prof. Dr. Fernando da Fonseca, Amadora, Portugal
  • Marta Mendes Lopes Serviço de Medicina Interna, Hospital Prof. Doutor Fernando da Fonseca, Amadora, Portugal
  • Maria do Céu D´ória Serviço de Medicina Interna, Hospital Prof. Doutor Fernando da Fonseca, Amadora, Portugal

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24950/rspmi.634

Keywords:

Cardiac Papillary Fibroelastoma, Echocardiography, Heart Neoplasms/diagnostic imaging, Pulmonary Valve/diagnostic imaging

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Transthoracic echocardiogram - parasternal short-axis view of the great vessels (A) and subcostal short-axis view (B) – show a rounded well delimitated homogenous mass (24x12 mm) (yellow arrow) apparently adherent to the medial wall of the main pulmonary artery, immediately distal to the pulmonary valve (blue arrow), mobile and non-obstructive

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2022-12-19

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Martins Lameiras C, Fialho I, Mendes Lopes M, D´ória M do C. Papillary Fibroelastoma on the Pulmonary Valve: An Uncommon and Unexpected Diagnosis . RPMI [Internet]. 2022 Dec. 19 [cited 2024 Nov. 21];29(4):283-4. Available from: https://revista.spmi.pt/index.php/rpmi/article/view/634

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Vol. 29 No. 4 (2022): Outubro/Dezembro

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