title: Bileaflet blood cysts on the mitral valve in an adult.
abstract: Blood cysts within the heart are very rare entities in adults. The authors present possibly the first ever case in which blood cysts were found on both mitral valve leaflets. A 65-year-old woman was referred for transthoracic echocardiography because of vague chest discomfort. Transthoracic echocardiography displayed echo-free cysts on the tips of both mitral valve leaflets. Subsequent transesophageal echocardiography confirmed this finding. The blood cysts were successfully surgically removed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Physiology, University Hospital MAS, Malmö, Sweden. magnus.dencker@skane.se
authors.forename: Magnus
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Dencker
authors.forename: Towa
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Jexmark
authors.forename: Flemming
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Hansen
authors.forename: Patrik
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Tydén
authors.forename: Anders
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Roijer
authors.forename: Carsten
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Lührs
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003560:Cysts / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery*; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D008943:Mitral Valve / Q000601:surgery*; D011475:Prosthesis Failure