title: Aortic valve lipomatous hamartoma in a young woman.
abstract: We present a rare case of lipomatous hamartoma of the aortic valve. A 17-year-old woman was admitted with cardiac murmur. Echocardiography demonstrated severe aortic regurgitation and a highly echoic mass on the right cusp of the aortic valve. Surgery was performed with a differential diagnosis of chronic infective endocarditis or aortic valve tumor. At operation, a yellowish bead-shaped tumor was detected on the right cusp of the aortic valve, and aortic valve replacement was performed. Histopathological examination confirmed a lipomatous hamartoma. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first reported case of a lipomatous hamartoma located on the aortic valve.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Oita University School of Medicine, Yufu, Japan.
authors.forename: Tomoyuki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Wada
authors.forename: Shinji
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Miyamoto
authors.forename: Hirofumi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Anai
authors.forename: Hirofumi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Zaizen
authors.forename: Tetsuo
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hadama
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001021:Aortic Valve; D005260:Female; D006222:Hamartoma / Q000473:pathology*; D006349:Heart Valve Diseases / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans