title: Giant blood cyst of the aortic valve.
abstract: Beyond infancy, blood cyst of the aortic valve is not known to occur. We describe a 16-year-old girl who had aortic valve stenosis and regurgitation and giant blood cyst of the aortic valve. Serial echocardiograms over a 12-year period demonstrated gradual enlargement of the cyst.
authors.affiliation: Clinical Care Center for Congenital Heart Disease, Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland, USA.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: DeGroff
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Silberbach
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Sahn
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Droukas
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001021:Aortic Valve; D001022:Aortic Valve Insufficiency / Q000209:etiology; D001024:Aortic Valve Stenosis / Q000209:etiology; D001769:Blood; D003560:Cysts / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006349:Heart Valve Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D014463:Ultrasonography