Hemangioma of the tricuspid valve: a report of two cases with review of literature.
We describe two cases of hemangioma affecting the tricuspid valve (TV). One patient was a 47-year-old male who presented with recurrent episodes of dyspnea on exertion for 5 years. Echocardiography revealed an echo dense 1 x 1 cm mass attached to the chordae tendineae of the TV. Surgical excision was done and histopathology of the lesion showed features of hemangioma. The other case was a 1-day-old neonate with complex congenital abnormalities in whom multiple small hemangiomas affecting the TV were incidentally detected at autopsy.
Ray
Ruma
R
Department of Pathology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi 110029, India. rumasrc2@hotmail.com
Rishi
Arvind
A
Venugopal
Panangipalli
P
Chopra
Prem
P
D004417:Dyspnea / Q000209:etiology; D004452:Echocardiography; D006391:Hemangioma / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014261:Tricuspid Valve / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery