| Literature DB >> 18765969 |
Nazmi Gültekin1, Emine Küçükateş, Murat Ersanli, Erhan Kansiz.
Abstract
We report an extremely rare case of cystic-tumor like formations that originated from the mitral valve tissue affected by verrucous endocarditis, leading to floppy mitral valve syndrome. These cystic tumoral formations were discovered during two-dimensional echocardiographic examination of a 46 year-old woman with cardiac symptoms of palpitation, dyspnea, and exertional angina pectoris. Multiple cysts were attached to the anterior mitral leaflet, resulting in pansystolic pseudoparachute-like floppy mitral valve prolapse, and severe mitral regurgitation. The patient underwent prosthetic mitral valve replacement following removal of the mitral valve and multiple cystic-tumoral formations. She had an uneventful postoperative course. Histological diagnosis was diffuse angiomatous cystic development of vasculatory tumor-like structures due to verrucous endocarditis.Entities:
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Year: 2008 PMID: 18765969
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Turk Kardiyol Dern Ars ISSN: 1016-5169