PAPILLARY FIBROELASTOMA: UNUSUAL LOCATIONS Figure 40-5 PAPILLARY FIBROELASTOMA: UNUSUAL LOCATIONS Left: PFE (yellow arrow) arising on a Chiari network. Right: PFE (yellow arrow) arising on the submitral valve endocardium. More about this image found in PAPILLARY FIBROELASTOMA: UNUSUAL LOCATIONS Left: PFE (yellow arrow) arisin...

PAPILLARY FIBROELASTOMA: ECHOCARDIOGRAPHIC FEATURES Figure 40-1 PAPILLARY FIBROELASTOMA: ECHOCARDIOGRAPHIC FEATURES Left: A small aortic valve papillary fibroelastoma (PFE) (yellow arrow) with a shimmering edge. Right: Seen in profile, the stalk of the PFE and the fronds are in view. More about this image found in PAPILLARY FIBROELASTOMA: ECHOCARDIOGRAPHIC FEATURES Left: A small aortic v...

PAPILLARY FIBROELASTOMA: SIZE AND MORPHOLOGIC SPECTRUM Figure 40-3 PAPILLARY FIBROELASTOMA: SIZE AND MORPHOLOGIC SPECTRUM A,B: Small (A) and large (B) PFEs arising from stalks. C,D: Small (C) and large (D) PFEs without evident stalks. More about this image found in PAPILLARY FIBROELASTOMA: SIZE AND MORPHOLOGIC SPECTRUM A,B: Small (A) and ...

PAPILLARY FIBROELASTOMA Figure 40-4 PAPILLARY FIBROELASTOMA Left: PFE (yellow arrow) arising from the closing edge of the anterior mitral leaflet. Right: PFE (yellow arrow) arising from the aortic surface of the right aortic valve cusp, immediately adjacent to the right coronary ostium (black ar... More about this image found in PAPILLARY FIBROELASTOMA Left: PFE (yellow arrow) arising from the closing ...

PAPILLARY FIBROELASTOMA: MATTED TYPE Figure 40-12 PAPILLARY FIBROELASTOMA: MATTED TYPE On H&E, a matted PFE may appear bland, somewhat homogeneous, and thrombus-like (left); however, elastic staining of the lesion highlights the underlying elastic fibers and papillary nature of the process (r... More about this image found in PAPILLARY FIBROELASTOMA: MATTED TYPE On H&E, a matted PFE may appear b...

PAPILLARY FIBROELASTOMA AND LAMBL EXCRESCENCE (LE) Figure 40-13 PAPILLARY FIBROELASTOMA AND LAMBL EXCRESCENCE (LE) The PFE (yellow arrow) is typically larger and more complex with branching fronds, while a LE (yellow arrowhead) is simple, filiform, and without complex branching. LEs are also rest... More about this image found in PAPILLARY FIBROELASTOMA AND LAMBL EXCRESCENCE (LE) The PFE (yellow arrow) ...

PAPILLARY FIBROELASTOMAS: ARISING ON DAMAGED ENDOCARDIUM Figure 40-6 PAPILLARY FIBROELASTOMAS: ARISING ON DAMAGED ENDOCARDIUM These PFEs (yellow arrows) are arising on the tensor apparatus of a damaged anterior mitral valve leaflet secondary to chronic rheumatic mitral valve disease, evidenced by... More about this image found in PAPILLARY FIBROELASTOMAS: ARISING ON DAMAGED ENDOCARDIUM These PFEs (yello...

MULTIPLE PAPILLARY FIBROELASTOMAS Figure 40-7 MULTIPLE PAPILLARY FIBROELASTOMAS Multiple PFEs arising from the left ventricular outflow tract of a patient who had previously undergone subaortic septal myectomy for hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. More about this image found in MULTIPLE PAPILLARY FIBROELASTOMAS Multiple PFEs arising from the left vent...