Aortic valve lipoma.
Cardiac lipoma (especially on the aortic valve) is extremely rare. We report a patient suffering from shortness of breath, chest pain, and recent presyncopal episodes who was found to have a mass on the aortic valve with mild aortic regurgitation. The patient had an uneventful aortic valve replacement.
Matsushita
Tsutomu
T
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, John Hunter Hospital, New Lambton, Australia. atmatsu@tokyonet.com.au
Huynh
Anh Tuan
AT
Singh
Taranpreet
T
Armarego
Sarah
S
Formby
Mark
M
Boyd
Alan F
AF
Oldfield
Geoff S
GS
D001021:Aortic Valve; D005260:Female; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D019918:Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation; D006801:Humans; D008067:Lipoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D008875:Middle Aged