Surgical treatment of leukemic involvement of the mitral valve.
A patient with severe mitral insufficiency due to infiltration of the valve and myocardium by leukemic lymphocytes is presented. Treatment was replacement of the valve with a prosthesis. The significance of this patient lies in the rarity of the clinical state and the novelty of treatment.
D006349:Heart Valve Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007945:Leukemia, Lymphoid / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008943:Mitral Valve / Q000601:surgery; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis