A case of pentacuspid pulmonary valve.
A pentacuspid pulmonary valve is a rare congenital anomaly. The present report describes a case of pentacuspid pulmonary valve encountered during the autopsy of a 50-year-old man with a ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm. The pentacuspid pulmonary valve had three relatively equal cusps and two smaller cusps. In this case, a tricuspid aortic valve was identified with normal structure and no evidence of heart failure was found clinically or pathologically.
Demircin
Sema
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Council of Forensic Medicine, Antalya Group Authority, Antalya, Turkey.
Keles-Coskun
Nigar
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D017542:Aneurysm, Ruptured / Q000601:surgery; D017544:Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal / Q000601:surgery; D001344:Autopsy; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011664:Pulmonary Valve / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000473:pathology; D035583:Rare Diseases