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A rare pediatric cardiac papillary fibroelastoma: a case report

  • By

  • Jiayi Lin

  • Erjia Huang

  • Wei Li

  • Yuanyu Zhou

  • Xiaoqing Wu

  • Weijian Chen

  • Wei Su

  • Xicheng Deng

  • May 20, 2026

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    Cardiac papillary fibroelastoma (PFE) is rare in children, particularly large (>30 mm) mobile right-sided PFEs.

  • 2

    A 7-year-and-6-month-old patient presented with an incidental cardiac murmur and underwent echocardiography revealing a 30 × 25 × 21 mm mass.

  • 3

    Surgical excision with tricuspid valvuloplasty was performed due to the risk of embolization from the highly mobile mass.

  • 4

    Histopathological analysis confirmed the diagnosis of cardiac papillary fibroelastoma with characteristic features.

  • 5

    The patient recovered uneventfully, maintaining normal valve function and remaining asymptomatic at follow-up.

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A rare pediatric cardiac papillary fibroelastoma: a case report

  • by Jiayi Lin, Erjia Huang, Wei Li, Yuanyu Zhou, Xiaoqing Wu, Weijian Chen, Wei Su, Xicheng Deng

  • May 20, 2026

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