title: [A rare case report of incarceration of Lambl's excrescence of aortic valve resulting in myocardial infarction].
abstract: We report a rare autopsy case of Lambl's excrescence of the aortic valve resulting in myocardial infarction. A 50-year-old female patient was referred to our hospital, but she died 4 hours after admission due to myocardial infarction. Autopsy disclosed Lambl's excrescence of the aortic valve, which obstructed the main branch of the left coronary artery. Histologically, fibrin thrombus and bacterial flora were found on surface of Lambl's excrescence. Differential diagnosis of infected Lambl's excrescence, so called endocarditis with infected vegetation, and papillary fibroelastomais discussed with a literature review.
authors.affiliation: Diagnostic Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Chubu Tokushukai Hospital, Okinawa-city, Okinawa-pref. 904-8585, Japan.
authors.forename: Masato
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mito
authors.forename: Masaya
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kiyuna
authors.forename: Takayoshi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Toda
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sakugawa
authors.forename: Misao
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nakada
authors.forename: Hajime
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yoza
authors.forename: Noritoshi
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kamiya
mesh_terms: D001021:Aortic Valve / Q000473:pathology*; D001344:Autopsy; D004696:Endocarditis / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*; D006349:Heart Valve Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*