Lipomatous hamartoma-like lesion of a bicuspid aortic valve: an incidental surgical finding.

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Lipomatous hamartoma-like lesion of a bicuspid aortic valve: an incidental surgical finding.

Cardiovasc Pathol. 2016 Nov - Dec;25(6):500-502

Authors: De Martino A, Blasi S, Lorenzini D, Fornaro M, Basolo F, Bortolotti U, Pucci A

Abstract
Cardiac valve lipomatous hamartomas are very rare lesions with preferential localization on the pericardium, followed by the endocardial surfaces. We report a quite unique case of a lipomatous hamartoma-like lesion involving a bicuspid aortic valve. The lesion was incidentally found in a young patient undergoing cardiac surgery for aortic regurgitation, and the diagnosis was done by histology. It cannot be excluded that the lipomatous hamartoma-like lesion might have contributed to aortic valve regurgitation.

PMID: 27619733 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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