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. 2024 Sep 20;33(1):117-120.
doi: 10.5606/tgkdc.dergisi.2024.25719. eCollection 2025 Jan.

Could papillary fibroelastoma in the tricuspid valve cause thrombocytopenia?

Mehmet Işık  1 , Sıddıka Fındık  2 , Sefa Tatar  3 , Şükrü Kara  1 , Niyazi Görmüş  1
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Could papillary fibroelastoma in the tricuspid valve cause thrombocytopenia?

Mehmet Işık et al. Turk Gogus Kalp Damar Cerrahisi Derg. .

Abstract

Cardiac myxoma and papillary fibroelastoma are the most common benign primary cardiac tumors in adults. In this brief report, we described a male patient with a mass in the tricuspid valve (papillary fibroelastoma as a result of pathology), who presented with thrombocytopenia and underwent tricuspid valve replacement. The patient was followed and treated by the hematology clinic due to thrombocytopenia, but a definitive diagnosis could not be made. The patient was incidentally diagnosed while being investigated for urinary stones. Thrombocytopenia improved in the postoperative follow-up. The successful surgical procedure, along with echocardiography and pathology images of the patient, was shared.

Keywords: Papillary fibroelastoma; thrombocytopenia; tricuspid valve replacement..

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Conflict of Interest: The authors declared no conflicts of interest with respect to the authorship and/or publication of this article.

Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1. Echocardiography image.
Figure 2
Figure 2. Microscopic image of the material excised from the tricuspid valve. (a) Papillary fronds (arrows; H&E, ×100), (b, c) Papillary fronds (arrows; H&E, ×40), (d) Paucicellular, avascular fibroelastic tissue lined by a single layer of endocardium (arrows; H&E, ×100).
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