[HSF] aortic cusp mass

[Tea Acuff]

so what do you think this round mass is?

tea


----- Original Message ----
From: Prasanna Simha M <prasannasimha at gmail.com>
To: OpenHeart-L at lists.hsforum.com
Sent: Saturday, December 1, 2007 1:22:07 PM
Subject: Re: [HSF] aortic cusp mass

Tea, papillary fibroelastoma lookslikethe fronds of a sea anemone. I have
seen 3 , 2 on the aortic valve and one on the mitral vavle . All presented
with stroke.
Prasanna

On Nov 30, 2007 6:21 AM, Tea Acuff <tacuff at swbell.net> wrote:

> I have an 82 year old woman asymptomatic with a 2cm smooth polypoid mass
> based on  tricuspid leaflet of the aortic valve. My partner recently did an
> resection for a fibroelastoma of the same which only has a few reported
> cases. Anyone seen this or a complication of this? It does not look or move
> like a vegetation.
>
> tea
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