Giant vegetation of the mitral valve simulating primary cardiac tumor

Echocardiography. 2004 Feb;21(2):183-5. doi: 10.1111/j.0742-2822.2004.03059.x.

Abstract

A case of a giant vegetation of the mitral valve causing sudden death of the patient is reported. The case underlines that urgent removal of a big mass must always be considered because of the risk of sudden death or catastrophic embolism. Echocardiographic differential diagnosis of a mass is discussed and is crucial for the choice of the strategy.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Arterial Occlusive Diseases / complications
  • Arterial Occlusive Diseases / surgery
  • Death, Sudden, Cardiac / etiology*
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Echocardiography, Transesophageal / methods
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Heart Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
  • Heart Valve Diseases / diagnostic imaging*
  • Heart Valve Diseases / microbiology
  • Heart Valve Diseases / pathology
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Mitral Valve / diagnostic imaging
  • Mitral Valve / microbiology*
  • Mitral Valve / pathology*
  • Staphylococcal Infections / diagnostic imaging*
  • Staphylococcal Infections / microbiology
  • Staphylococcal Infections / pathology
  • Staphylococcus aureus / isolation & purification