'Quadrileaflet' mitral valve associated with paravalvular aneurysms and complicated by mitral incompetence: a case report of a rare pathology identified by 2-dimensional echocardiography.
A case is reported of a rare pathology involving the left atrioventricular valve with excessively developed scallops in association with subvalvular aneurysms, together with an acquired, probably HIV-related, chronic effusive pericarditis. The possible aetiology is discussed.
Goldberg
L
L
Helen Joseph Hospital and Department of Cardiology, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.
Mekel
J
J
Grigorov
V
V
D000328:Adult; D004452:Echocardiography; D006679:HIV Seropositivity / Q000150:complications; D006322:Heart Aneurysm / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008943:Mitral Valve / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008944:Mitral Valve Insufficiency / Q000150:complications*; D010493:Pericarditis / Q000209:etiology