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SUBMITTER: Ahmad A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7873290 | biostudies-literature | 2020
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine 20210127
<b>Introduction:</b> Cardiac papillary fibroelastomas (PFEs) are the most common primary benign cardiac tumors, although they are somewhat unusual in children and typically seen on the left-sided cardiac valves. <b>Case summary:</b> A 10-week-old patient was found to have a partial atrioventricular canal defect, with associated tricuspid and mitral regurgitation. He was medically managed until 1 year of age, when surgical correction was done. During the procedure, a PFE was found incidentally on ...[more]