Lipomatous hamartoma-like lesion of a bicuspid aortic valve: an incidental surgical finding.
Cardiac valve lipomatous hamartomas are very rare lesions with preferential localization on the pericardium, followed by the endocardial surfaces. We report a quite unique case of a lipomatous hamartoma-like lesion involving a bicuspid aortic valve. The lesion was incidentally found in a young patient undergoing cardiac surgery for aortic regurgitation, and the diagnosis was done by histology. It cannot be excluded that the lipomatous hamartoma-like lesion might have contributed to aortic valve regurgitation.
Department of Cardiac Surgery, Pisa University Hospital, Via Paradisa 2, 56124 Pisa, Italy. Electronic address: and.demartino@libero.it.
Andrea
A
De Martino
Department of Cardiac Surgery, Pisa University Hospital, Via Paradisa 2, 56124 Pisa, Italy. Electronic address: blasi.ste@libero.it.
Stefania
S
Blasi
Department of Histopathology, Pisa University Hospital, Via Roma 57, 56126 Pisa, Italy. Electronic address: d.lorenzini@sssup.it.
Daniele
D
Lorenzini
Department of Histopathology, Pisa University Hospital, Via Roma 57, 56126 Pisa, Italy. Electronic address: mary.fornaro@libero.it.
Mariagrazia
M
Fornaro
Department of Histopathology, Pisa University Hospital, Via Roma 57, 56126 Pisa, Italy. Electronic address: fulvio.basolo@med.unipi.it.
Fulvio
F
Basolo
Department of Cardiac Surgery, Pisa University Hospital, Via Paradisa 2, 56124 Pisa, Italy. Electronic address: uberto.bortolotti@med.unipi.it.
Uberto
U
Bortolotti
Department of Histopathology, Pisa University Hospital, Via Roma 57, 56126 Pisa, Italy. Electronic address: angelapucci@libero.it.
Angela
A
Pucci
D000328:Adult; D001021:Aortic Valve / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D000082882:Bicuspid Aortic Valve Disease; D006222:Hamartoma / Q000473:pathology*; D006349:Heart Valve Diseases / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D019918:Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation; D006801:Humans; D033162:Incidental Findings; D008068:Lipomatosis / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male
Aortic valve insufficiency; Bicuspid aortic valve; Cardiac lipoma; Cardiac lipomatous hamartoma-like lesion; Histopathology