Blood cyst of the mitral valve: a rare cause of stroke.
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.
Lodha
Ankur
A
Maimonides Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York, USA. ankurlodha@gmail.com
Patel
Jigar
J
Haran
Mehandi
M
Sadiq
Adnan
A
Shani
Jacob
J
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