Pitfall in Echocardiography: infective endocarditis or valvular strand? Case report

Med Ultrason. 2015 Jun;17(2):256-8. doi: 10.11152/mu.2013.2066.172.echc.

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.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Echocardiography, Transesophageal*
  • Endocarditis / diagnostic imaging*
  • Female
  • Heart Valve Diseases / diagnostic imaging*
  • Heart Valves / diagnostic imaging
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged