A rare association between mitral valve fibroelastoma and myxomatous disease with severe mitral regurgitation

Roxana C Sisu (1) , Guido Lanzillo (2) , Diana C Benea (2) , Gheorghe Cerin (2) , Dragos Vinereanu (3)

1 Cardiology
2 Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery
3 Cardiology

We report a very rare case of association between mitral valve fibroelastoma and myxomatous disease, in a patient with long history of asymptomatic myxomatous disease, and progressive severe mitral regurgitation. The tumour was an intraoperative echocardiographic transesophageal finding, and was confirmed during surgical evaluation. The most important differential diagnosis of echocardiographic image was infective endocarditis. This information is critical to the surgeon in planning the operative procedure and the preoperative management.

Mots clés: Medicine

Roxana C Sisu, Guido Lanzillo, Diana C Benea, Gheorghe Cerin, Dragos Vinereanu. A rare association between mitral valve fibroelastoma and myxomatous disease with severe mitral regurgitation. Journal of Clinical Ultrasound, 2010, 39 (3), pp.179. ⟨10.1002/jcu.20758⟩. ⟨hal-00599770⟩