title: Blood cyst of the mitral valve: a rare cause of stroke.
abstract: Intracardiac blood cysts are thin-walled cysts, lined by flattened, cobblestone-shaped epithelium, and filled with nonorganized blood. During autopsy, they are found on cardiac valves in approximately 50% of infants below the age of 2 months and are rarely found after the age of 2 years. We report a rare case of blood cyst attached to the mitral valve and a possible cause of an embolic stroke.
authors: Maimonides Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York, USA. ankurlodha@gmail.com
authors: Ankur
authors: A
authors: Lodha
authors: Jigar
authors: J
authors: Patel
authors: Mehandi
authors: M
authors: Haran
authors: Adnan
authors: A
authors: Sadiq
authors: Jacob
authors: J
authors: Shani
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003560:Cysts / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005260:Female; D006349:Heart Valve Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008943:Mitral Valve / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D035583:Rare Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D020521:Stroke / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology*; D014463:Ultrasonography