Lipoma of the mitral valve in a child.
Echocardiographic examination, performed in an asymptomatic 5 year old boy for a perimembranous ventricular septal defect (VSD), revealed a 6 x 6 mm tumor on the anterior leaflet of the mitral valve. Clinically, it was diagnosed as a benign myxoma. Histopathologic diagnosis of the excised mitral valve tumor was benign lipoma. The third case of mitral valve lipoma in the pediatric age group is reported along with a review of the literature. Echocardiogram remains the most sensitive diagnostic modality in the early detection of such neoplasms.
Vadmal
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MS
Department of Laboratories, North Shore University Hospital, Manhasset, NY 11030, USA.
Hajdu
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D017667:Adipocytes / Q000473:pathology; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D006349:Heart Valve Diseases / Q000473:pathology*; D006651:Histocytochemistry; D006801:Humans; D008067:Lipoma / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D008943:Mitral Valve / Q000473:pathology*