Mitral degenerative valve leaflets suspected as primary valvular tumor:
a case report
Abstract
Introduction: Echocardiography plays an important role in the
diagnosis of heart disease. However, sometimes misdiagnosis information
is also provided. Methods and Results: We report a rare case of
preoperative echocardiography misdiagnosed as a primary mitral valvular
tumor with severe regurgitation. During the surgery procedure, the true
lesion was found to be mitral valve leaflet prolapse due to degenerative
mitral valve disease. Conclusions: For individual patient, it
may need to combine clinical symptoms and wide use of echocardiography
and CT or MRI to make the optimal clinical decision.