Unexpected pathologic diagnosis of the mitral valvular mass
- Authors
- Kim, S.-A.; Park, S.-M.; Hwang, S.-H.; Kim, M.-N.; Son, H.-S.; Shim, W.-J.
- Issue Date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Korean Society of Echocardiography
- Keywords
- Cardiac mass; Cerebral infarction; Infective endocarditis
- Citation
- Journal of Cardiovascular Ultrasound, v.23, no.4, pp.271 - 273
- Indexed
- SCOPUS
KCI
- Journal Title
- Journal of Cardiovascular Ultrasound
- Volume
- 23
- Number
- 4
- Start Page
- 271
- End Page
- 273
- URI
- https://scholar.korea.ac.kr/handle/2021.sw.korea/95887
- DOI
- 10.4250/jcu.2015.23.4.271
- ISSN
- 1975-4612
- Abstract
- A 59-year-old man with multifocal cerebral infarction was found to have the large obstructive mitral valvular mass. Although benign tumor was under suspicion before surgery, he was finally diagnosed as chronic infective endocarditis by microscopic evaluation. The precise diagnosis and the proper management of a cardiac mass are very important since even the benign tumor may cause fatal complications. However, primary cardiac mass has the broad spectrum from pseudo-tumor to malignancy and the differential diagnosis using non-invasive methods is not easy even with the currently available imaging techniques. © 2015 Korean Society of Echocardiography.
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