Key result
A tricuspid valve mass initially ascribed to infective endocarditis on echocardiogram was diagnosed at autopsy as a fibrolipoma, a rare benign tumor.
Population
A 69-year-old man with ischemic heart disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, pulmonary embolism…
Design
Case_report
Authors
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Rare fibrolipoma may mimic tricuspid endocarditis on echocardiography; single case leaves differential diagnosis open.
Case Report (n=1)
Primary lipomatous tumors of the cardiac valves, though rare, should be considered in the differential diagnosis of abnormal valve masses identified on echocardiography.
Benvenuti et al. (1996) conducted a case report in Tricuspid valve mass (n=1). Tricuspid valve mass was evaluated on Diagnosis of the mass. A tricuspid valve mass initially ascribed to infective endocarditis on echocardiogram was diagnosed at autopsy as a fibrolipoma, a rare benign tumor.
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