ABSTRACT
We report a case of a 64-year-old woman who presented with symptoms for the common cold, for a medical examination. The chest X-ray showed enlargement of the heart, and echocardiography detected a mobile mass suggestive of a tumor 21×14 mm in the left ventricle. Because there was a risk of embolism, we decided to perform an operation. The tumor was elastic and soft and had a stalk arising from the wall of the left ventricle. We considered that it would be difficult to observe and expose the left ventricular tumor by direct vision. Therefore, we chose to perform a complete endoscopic resection. The tumor was determined histopathologically to be a papillary fibroelastoma. Here, we report the relatively rare benign tumor, a papillary fibroelastoma, and include a discussion of the literature.
ABSTRACT
Case reports of traumatic aortic regurgitation are rare. We report a case of a 62-year-old man injured by falling from a paraglider. After recovering from multiple injuries and discharge, he began to suffer from dyspnea. Severe aortic regurgitation and pseudoaneurysm of the sinus of Valsalva were diagnosed by ultrasound cardio graphy (UCG) and multi-detector-row computer tomography (MDCT). After cardiac failure was controlled, we operated. The commissure between the left and the right coronary cusps was detached from the aortic wall, and a modified Bentall operation was performed. The patient recovered well and was discharged uneventfully.