Cardiac papillary fibroelastoma on the pulmonary valve: a rare cardiac tumor Kenji Okada, MD, Taijiro Sueda, MD, Kazumasa Orihashi, MD, Masanobu Watari, MD, Yuichiro Matsuura, MD The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 71, Issue 5, Pages 1677-1679 (May 2001) DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(00)02527-3 Copyright © 2001 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 1 Preoperative computed tomographic scan demonstrating a round shape with an irregular pattern in the pulmonary artery trunk. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2001 71, 1677-1679DOI: (10.1016/S0003-4975(00)02527-3) Copyright © 2001 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 2 (A) Intraoperative photograph demonstrating the encapsulated mass with a relatively smooth surface attached to pulmonary valve. (B) Putting the excised tumor in physiological saline solution immediately after excision resulted in the “sea anemone”–like appearance, thus providing easy verification of the tumor type. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2001 71, 1677-1679DOI: (10.1016/S0003-4975(00)02527-3) Copyright © 2001 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions