Mitral prolapse caused by lymphangioma.
A 62-year-old female patient with known mitral-valve prolapse for the previous five years presented with progressive dyspnea and intermittent palpitations. This clinical presentation was investigated by two-dimensional echocardiography which revealed moderate mitral regurgitation due to a pedunculated mass oscillating between the left atrium and the left ventricle. Successful operative treatment consisted of en-bloc resection of the tumor from the anterior mitral valve leaflet and its primary cords and subsequent reconstruction of the mitral valve. Pathohistological examination revealed a cystic lymphangioma originating from mitral-valve tissue. To our knowledge this is the first reported case in the literature.
Flörchinger
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Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University Hospital of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany. bernhard.floerchinger@klinik.uni-regensburg.de
Rümmele
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Lehane
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Schmid
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Birnbaum
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D005260:Female; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D018191:Lymphangioma, Cystic / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D008875:Middle Aged; D008945:Mitral Valve Prolapse / Q000209:etiology*