Left Ventricle Apical Fibroelastoma: A Rare Finding |Biomedgrid

Primary cardiac tumors are rare and are reported with a frequency of 0.02-0.1% in autopsy series [1]. Fibroelastoma is the third most common benign neoplasm of the heart after myxoma and lipoma, accounting for <10% of all cardiac tumors [2]. They may be asymptomatic or can present as potential source of embolism to different parts of the body. Fibroelastoma arising from left ventricle (LV) apex is an extremely rare entity. Only 11 cases have been reported about fibroelastoma arising from LV apex in the MEDLINE database [3-11]. Here we describe a case of fibroelastoma arising from LV apex that presented with retinal artery occlusion.