Papillary fibroelastoma

Papillary fibroelastoma 

Updated: 10/20/2020

© Jun Wang, MD, PhD


General features
  • Also called giant Lambl's excrescence
  • Second most common primary heart tumor, after myxoma
  • May be associated with endocardial injury, cardiomyopathy or thoracic radiation
  • Diagnosed through radiological studies
Clinical presentations
  • Usually asymptomatic
  • Presentations caused by embolization, or prolapse into coronary artery
    • Syncope
    • Myocardial infarction
    • Sudden death
    • Stroke
Key morphological features
Treatment
  • Excision


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