Mitral degenerative disease mimicking a valvular tumor: a case report

Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery

Yukihiro Tomita¹  Ken-ichi Imasaka¹  Ryusuke Mori¹  Tomohiro Ueda¹  Eiki Tayama¹ 

[1] Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Clinical Research Institute, Kyushu Medical Center, National Hospital Organization, Fukuoka, Japan

关键词: Echocardiography;    Degenerative disease;    Valvular mass;    Valvular tumor;    Mitral valve;   

Others  :  1232307
DOI  :  10.1186/s13019-015-0345-3

 received in 2015-08-25, accepted in 2015-10-27,  发布年份 2015

【 摘 要 】

Background

In rare cases, echo findings of degenerative valve disease is similar to valvular mass.

Case Presentation

A 56-year-old woman was evaluated for palpitation. Echocardiography revealed an 8- mm mass on the anterior mitral leaflet with minimal mitral insufficiency. Resection of the valve tumor was attempted to prevent a possible embolism. However, the lesion was not a tumor, but an aneurysm-like bulge on the anterior leaflet without chorda elongation. Triangular resection and ring annuloplasty were performed. The patient’s postoperative course was uneventful. Pathological examination revealeddegenerative disease.

Conclusions

This case illustrates that a valvular mass that looks like a tumor by echocardiography may actually be degenerative regardless of the presence of mitral insufficiency.

【 授权许可】

   
2015 Tayama et al.

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