Pulmonary valve cyst mimicking pulmonary artery neoplasia: a case report.
Cardiac valve cysts are rare beyond infancy. The tricuspid and mitral valve are the most common sites, with few reported cases of pulmonary valve cysts in the literature. This case illustrates a pulmonary valve cyst mimicking a tumour in a child 13 years after cardiac surgery. Although these lesions are extremely rare, they could be considered in the differential diagnosis in patients presenting with valvular mass lesions.
1 Department of Radiology, Bristol Royal Infirmary, Bristol, United Kingdom.
Stephen
S
Lyen
2 Department of Surgery, Bristol Children's Hospital, Bristol, United Kingdom.
Andrew
A
Parry
3 Department of Pathology, Bristol Children's Hospital, Bristol, United Kingdom.
Corina
C
Moldovan
1 Department of Radiology, Bristol Royal Infirmary, Bristol, United Kingdom.
Mark
M
Hamilton
D000293:Adolescent; D003560:Cysts / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006349:Heart Valve Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D019028:Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Cine; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D011664:Pulmonary Valve / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D011665:Pulmonary Valve Insufficiency / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D013771:Tetralogy of Fallot / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D019043:Vascular Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*