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Pulmonary valve cyst mimicking pulmonary artery neoplasia: a case report

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 January 2013

Stephen Lyen ,
Andrew Parry ,
Corina Moldovan  and
Mark Hamilton
Stephen Lyen*
Affiliation:
Department of Radiology, Bristol Royal Infirmary, Bristol, United Kingdom
Andrew Parry
Affiliation:
Department of Surgery, Bristol Children's Hospital, Bristol, United Kingdom
Corina Moldovan
Affiliation:
Department of Pathology, Bristol Children's Hospital, Bristol, United Kingdom
Mark Hamilton
Affiliation:
Department of Radiology, Bristol Royal Infirmary, Bristol, United Kingdom
*
Correspondence to: S. Lyen, Specialist Registrar, FRCR, Department of Radiology, Bristol Royal Infirmary, Upper Maudlin Street, Bristol BS2 8HW, United Kingdom. Tel: +0117 923 0000; E-mail: smlyen@doctors.org.uk
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Abstract

Cardiac valve cysts are rare beyond infancy. The tricuspid and mitral valve are the most common sites, with few reported cases of pulmonary valve cysts in the literature. This case illustrates a pulmonary valve cyst mimicking a tumour in a child 13 years after cardiac surgery. Although these lesions are extremely rare, they could be considered in the differential diagnosis in patients presenting with valvular mass lesions.

Keywords

Pulmonaryvalvecyst
Type
Brief Reports
Information
Cardiology in the Young , Volume 24 , Issue 1 , February 2014 , pp. 148 - 151
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2013 

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