title: Pitfall in Echocardiography: infective endocarditis or valvular strand? Case report.
abstract: Lambl's excrescences are thin filiform mobile processes with thin attachment at valvular closure lines. In this case report we describe the transesophageal views of Lambl's excrescences; our case is meant to serve as a classic example of this commonly misinterpreted lesion.
authors.affiliation: UOC Cardiologia, UTIC ed Emodinamica, Belcolle Hospital, Viterbo, Italy. giordano.zampi@alice.it.
authors.forename: Giordano
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Zampi
authors.forename: Amedeo
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pergolini
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Science, "S. Camillo-Forlanini" Hospital, Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: Amedeo
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pergolin
authors.affiliation: Department Heart and Great Vessels "A. Reale", Policlinico Umberto I, Sapienza Università di Roma, Italy.
authors.forename: Maria Denitza
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Tinti
authors.affiliation: UOC Cardiologia, UTIC ed Emodinamica, Belcolle Hospital, Viterbo, Italy.
authors.forename: Claudio
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Alessi
authors.affiliation: UOC Cardiologia, UTIC ed Emodinamica, Belcolle Hospital, Viterbo, Italy.
authors.forename: Luigi
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Sommariva
mesh_terms: D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D004696:Endocarditis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005260:Female; D006349:Heart Valve Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006351:Heart Valves / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged