title: Mitral valvular cyst mimicking a solid mass: misdiagnosis with imaging modalities.
abstract: This report describes a mitral valvular cyst mimicking a solid mass in an 80-year-old patient. The diagnosis was based on histopathological evaluation of the resected material. This report emphasizes the possibility of misdiagnosis by echocardiographic and other imaging modalities of a mitral valvular mass in a patient without any clinical signs and symptoms.
authors.affiliation: Şifa Hospital, Department of Cardiology, Erzurum, Turkey.
authors.forename: Hasan
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kocatürk
authors.affiliation: Training and Research Hospital, Department of Cardiology, Erzurum, Turkey.
authors.forename: Ednan
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Bayram
authors.affiliation: Şifa Hospital, Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Erzurum, Turkey.
authors.forename: Mehmet Cengiz
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Çolak
authors.affiliation: Ataturk University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Erzurum, Turkey.
authors.forename: Hikmet
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kocak
keywords: Imaging modalities; Intracardiac mass; Misdiagnosis