PMC4900378_01
The mass was a pedunculated, mobile, round, echo dense, and stipple in texture structure, with well-demarcated borders, features typical of a fibroelastoma. It projected in the arterial lumen of the aorta without causing any aortic insufficiency
ACA-19-162-g001.jpg
PMC4900378_01_ACA-19-162-g001.jpg
F1
It projected into the arterial lumen of the aorta without causing any aortic insufficiency while the rest echocardiographic examination revealed an estimated left ventricular ejection fraction of 0.50 without other valvular abnormalities [Figure 1].
After the aortotomy a pedunculated flower-like tumor was found
ACA-19-162-g002.jpg
PMC4900378_01_ACA-19-162-g002.jpg
F2
After the aortotomy a pedunculated flower-like tumor was found [Figure 2].
The histological appearance of the papillary fibroelastoma
ACA-19-162-g003.jpg
PMC4900378_01_ACA-19-162-g003.jpg
F3
The lesion was histologically diagnosed as a papillary fibroelastoma [Figure 3].