Transesophageal echocardiography for detection of a papillary fibroelastoma of the aortic valve.

Papillary fibroelastoma (PF) is a benign cardiac tumor, typically attached to the cardiac valves. It is usually found incidentally at autopsy or surgery. It is rarely symptomatic, but can cause myocardial infarction, cerebral infarction and systemic embolism, even in young patients, and sometimes results in sudden death.