Surgical treatment of a hemangioma of the mitral valve.
Hemangioma of the heart is a rare lesion, representing 5% to 10% of benign cardiac tumors. Hemangioma of the mitral valve has been reported previously in one autopsy case report. We describe the excision and repair of a hemangioma of the mitral valve in a 33-year-old African-American woman.
Nye
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Department of Surgery, The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, USA.
Orsinelli
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Baker
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Brown
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D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006349:Heart Valve Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery; D006391:Hemangioma / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008943:Mitral Valve; D011247:Pregnancy; D011252:Pregnancy Complications, Neoplastic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D014463:Ultrasonography