Papillary fibroelastoma is a rare benign lesion of heart (1). It is the second most common primary cardiac neoplasm, accounting for 4.4-8% of all tumors of the heart (2). We described a forensic autopsy of a nearly drowned young man with cardiac papillary fibroelastoma who died because of a pulmonary inflammatory infiltration rich in granulocytes after intensive care. This occurrence is rare but possible and should be kept in mind because a lung inflammatory infiltrate rich in eosinophilic granulocytes can be present in different pathological conditions and differential diagnoses are often difficult to do.
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Mansueto, G., Capasso, E., Buccelli, C., & Niola, M. (2017). Pulmonary eosinophilic inflammatory infiltration post-intensive care in a nearly drowned young man with papillary fibroelastoma: A rare complication discovered by forensic autopsy. Frontiers in Medicine, 4(JAN). https://doi.org/10.3389/fmed.2017.00253
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