Cardiac Papillary Fibroelastoma, an Unusual Localization in an Asymptomatic Patient with Lieberkühn Type Adenocarcinoma of the Rectum: A Case Report
M. Njie *
Department of Cardiology P37, Ibn Rochd University Hospital, Casablanca, Morocco.
Y. Toukami
Department of Cardiology P37, Ibn Rochd University Hospital, Casablanca, Morocco.
P. M. Mulendele
Department of Cardiology P37, Ibn Rochd University Hospital, Casablanca, Morocco.
H. Charif
Department of Cardiology P37, Ibn Rochd University Hospital, Casablanca, Morocco.
Haboub
Department of Cardiology P37, Ibn Rochd University Hospital, Casablanca, Morocco and Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Hassan II University of Casablanca, Casablanca, Morocco.
S. Arous
Department of Cardiology P37, Ibn Rochd University Hospital, Casablanca, Morocco and Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Hassan II University of Casablanca, Casablanca, Morocco.
G. M. Benouna
Department of Cardiology P37, Ibn Rochd University Hospital, Casablanca, Morocco and Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Hassan II University of Casablanca, Casablanca, Morocco.
A. Drighil
Department of Cardiology P37, Ibn Rochd University Hospital, Casablanca, Morocco and Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Hassan II University of Casablanca, Casablanca, Morocco.
R. Habbal
Department of Cardiology P37, Ibn Rochd University Hospital, Casablanca, Morocco and Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Hassan II University of Casablanca, Casablanca, Morocco.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
Cardiac papillary fibroelastoma is histologically a benign endocardial neoplasm. Though CPF has long been reported as the second most common primary cardiac neoplasm, it has since been pulled ahead of cardiac myxomas, largely due to evolving cardiac imaging modalities. We present a case of CPF originating from an unusual localization; the junction of the posterior mitral valve and endocardium of the left ventricle measuring 15 x 20mm, which was detected by a routine pre-evaluation transthoracic echocardiography before chemotherapy and treated by surgical mass excision in an asymptomatic female patient diagnosed with a Lieberkühn type adenocarcinoma of the rectum with a locoregional extension.
Keywords: : Cardiac papillary fibroelastoma, lieberkühn type adenocarcinoma, mass excision