A heart inside the heart: blood cyst of mitral valve

Echocardiography. 2008 Sep;25(8):928-30. doi: 10.1111/j.1540-8175.2008.00722.x.

Abstract

We report a case of giant blood cyst originating from the anterior mitral valve leaflet, which was discovered during a two-dimensional echocardiography examination performed for investigation of a systolic murmur in a 34-year-old healthy man. Three-dimensional microbubble-enhanced images showed a heart-shape appearance that may be pathognomonic for blood cyst of the mitral valve.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Cysts / complications*
  • Cysts / diagnostic imaging*
  • Echocardiography, Three-Dimensional / methods*
  • Heart Murmurs / diagnosis*
  • Heart Murmurs / etiology*
  • Heart Valve Diseases / complications*
  • Heart Valve Diseases / diagnostic imaging*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Mitral Valve / diagnostic imaging*