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Cardiac Hemangioma of the Anterior Mitral Valve Leaflet - A case report -  

Choi, Jae-Sung (Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Dongguk University College of Medicine)
Kim, Eung-Joong (Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Dongguk University College of Medicine)
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Journal of Chest Surgery / v.40, no.12, 2007 , pp. 859-862 More about this Journal
Abstract
A hemangioma at a cardiac valve leaflet is a rare finding. There are only five reported cases in the medical literature and no prior case reported in Korea. A previously healthy 45-year-old woman presented with an acute episode of numbness in the left side of the face and hand. Although no definite abnormalities were found on the neurological examination and testing the echocardiography revealed an echogenic mass in the anterior mitral valve leaflet. The tumor was excised en bloc from the leaflet and the defect was repaired with an autologous pericardial patch. Pathology examination confirmed the mass to be a hemangioma of the valve leaflet. Here we report this case and review the medical literature.
Keywords
Heart neoplasms; Hemangioma; Mitral valve;
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