title: Blood cyst of tricuspid valve: an incidental finding in a patient with ventricular septal defect.
abstract: Blood-filled cysts of heart valves are rare in adults. These cysts are diverticuli lined by endothelium and filled with blood. They appear to be benign lesions and should be removed if they cause problems. We present the case of a mobile tricuspid valve blood cyst that was incidentally found in a patient evaluated for systolic heart murmur. Systolic murmur was found to originate from a muscular-type ventricular septal defect of no haemodynamic significance. The lack of echocardiographic evidence of tricuspid valvular dysfunction and indication for repair of co-existent ventricular septal defect suggested a benign course and, therefore, we monitored the patient safely by echocardiography.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Trabzon Numune Training and Research Hospital, Maras Street, Trabzon 61040, Turkey. tarikagac@gmail.com
authors.forename: Mustafa T
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Agac
authors.forename: Zeydin
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Acar
authors.forename: Turhan
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Turan
authors.forename: Bilgehan
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Karadag
authors.forename: Selim
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kul
authors.forename: Hakan
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Erkan