Key result
Surgical excision and histopathological examination of an echocardiographically detected mitral valve mass in a 9-year-old girl revealed a rare lipomatous hamartoma.
Population
A 9-year-old girl with a mass in the mitral valve detected during investigation for a heart murmur.
Design
Case_report
Authors
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Lipomatous hamartoma merits consideration in pediatric mitral valve mass differentials; extends sparse case-based literature on this rare entity.
Reports a very rare case of mitral valve lipomatous hamartoma in a child, successfully diagnosed and treated with surgical excision.
Francisco et al. (2013) studied this question. Surgical excision and histopathological examination of an echocardiographically detected mitral valve mass in a 9-year-old girl revealed a rare lipomatous hamartoma.
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