Giant intracardiac blood cyst: assessing the relationship between its formation and previous cardiac surgery

This case report discusses a 23-year-old male patient who presented with shortness of breath during exercise. Echocardiography revealed an intracardiac mass located on the mitral valve. His medical history included surgical closure of an atrial septal defect type 2 at the age of 2 years. After being...

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Veröffentlicht in:Netherlands heart journal 2015-07, Vol.23 (7-8), p.392-394
Hauptverfasser: Halim, J., van Schaagen, F.R.N., Riezebos, R.K., Lalezari, S.
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Zusammenfassung:This case report discusses a 23-year-old male patient who presented with shortness of breath during exercise. Echocardiography revealed an intracardiac mass located on the mitral valve. His medical history included surgical closure of an atrial septal defect type 2 at the age of 2 years. After being discussed within a multidisciplinary heart team, the intracardiac mass was surgically removed. Histopathological examination revealed a blood cyst. This case report emphasises that the presence of an acquired intracardiac cyst is a rare entity and that a pathophysiological association between the formation of a blood cyst and previous cardiac surgery has not been proven yet.
ISSN:1568-5888
1876-6250
DOI:10.1007/s12471-015-0707-4