This case represents an exceedingly rare presentation of a primary intracardiac teratoma in an adult with a bicuspid aortic valve, successfully treated with surgical excision.
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Raises awareness of rare adult intracardiac teratoma; leaves open its association with bicuspid aortic valve.
We reported an exceedingly rare adult case of intracardiac teratoma with a bicuspid aortic valve. A small mass was discovered in the right ventricle of a 37-year-old man by accident after he was referred to our hospital due to chronic chest distress and aggravated palpitation. We performed a surgical exploration with excision of the lesion after a repeat transthoracic echocardiography suggested a space-occupying lesion in the interventricular septum. A mature cystic teratoma was pathologically confirmed. During the half-year follow-up, no symptoms were reported. This case constitutes the first report of the smallest primary intracardiac teratoma in an adult with a bicuspid aortic valve.
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