Mesothelial/monocytic incidental cardiac excrescence (MICE) masquerading as a mediastinal lymph node in a patient with suspected acute rheumatic heart disease

Pathol Int. 2022 Feb;72(2):147-149. doi: 10.1111/pin.13191. Epub 2021 Dec 8.

Authors

Zitong Zhao¹, Alicia Xue Fen Chia², Yeow Leng Chua², Ban Hock Tan³, Siang Hui Lai^{1

4}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Anatomical Pathology, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore.
² Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, National Heart Centre Singapore, Singapore.
³ Department of Infectious Diseases, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore.
⁴ Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore.

PMID: 35174935
DOI: 10.1111/pin.13191

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter

MeSH terms

Acute Disease
Adolescent
Cardiac Surgical Procedures
Diagnosis, Differential
Echocardiography
Epithelium / pathology
Heart Diseases / diagnosis*
Heart Diseases / pathology
Heart Diseases / surgery
Humans
Incidental Findings
Lymph Nodes / pathology
Male
Mitral Valve / pathology
Monocytes / pathology
Myocardium / pathology
Rheumatic Heart Disease / diagnosis*
Rheumatic Heart Disease / pathology
Rheumatic Heart Disease / surgery