Key result
Noncontrast CMR definitively differentiates mitral valve blood cysts from solid tumors via distinct dynamic signatures.
Why the study?
Mitral valve blood cysts are rare in adults, and differentiating them from solid tumors or caseous calcifications remains challenging on echocardiography.
Population
A 52-year-old female with acute ischemic stroke and hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy
Design
Case report
Authors
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May warrant including blood cysts in differential for mitral masses with stroke; leaves open CMR's diagnostic role pending larger series.
Case Report (n=1)
Noncontrast cardiac MRI can definitively differentiate rare mitral valve blood cysts from solid tumors or calcifications by demonstrating an internal signal isointense with the left ventricular blood pool.
Güleşir et al. (2026) conducted a case report in Mitral valve blood cyst and acute ischemic stroke (n=1). Noncontrast cardiac magnetic resonance imaging vs. Transesophageal echocardiography was evaluated on Differentiation of the cystic mass from solid tumors or caseous calcifications. Noncontrast cardiac magnetic resonance imaging definitively differentiated a mitral valve blood cyst from solid neoplasms and caseous calcification by showing a distinct dynamic signature.
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