Varix of the heart causing outflow tract obstruction.
We report a case about a neonate who died of severe subaortic stenosis due to a giant vascular dilation of the left ventricular outflow tract. We emphasize the fatal result of this benign lesion and make differential diagnosis with haemangiomas and valvular blood cysts.
Salas Valien
J S
JS
Division of Pathology, Complejo Hospitalario de León, Spain.
Ribas Ariño
M T
MT
Palau Benavides
M T
MT
González Morán
M A
MA
D001024:Aortic Valve Stenosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology; D003331:Coronary Vessels / Q000473:pathology*; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005260:Female; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000473:pathology*; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000002:abnormalities; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D014648:Varicose Veins / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology