Key result
Aortic valve replacement successfully treated a rare case of spontaneous native aortic valvular thrombosis causing stenoinsufficiency in a 48-year-old man with a bicuspid aortic valve.
Case Report (n=1)
This case highlights that spontaneous native aortic valvular thrombosis can occur in a bicuspid aortic valve without typical precipitating factors, mimicking a tumor and causing stenoinsufficiency.
Consider spontaneous native aortic thrombosis in bicuspid valve stenoinsufficiency differentials; single case leaves optimal management open.
Spontaneous native aortic valvular thrombosis is an uncommon event that usually results from cardiac catheterization, bacterial endocarditis or a hypercoagulable state. We report here on a case of native valvular thrombus that was incidentally detected as masses that caused aortic stenoinsufficiency during routine follow-up, and the patient was without any of the previously described precipitating factors. The patient underwent aortic valvular surgery for removal of the aortic valvular mass. The pathological findings of the aortic valve showed organized valvular thrombus without evidence of any tumor. (Korean Circulation J 2006;36:666-668)
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Cho et al. (2006) conducted a case report in Spontaneous native aortic valvular thrombosis (n=1). Aortic valve replacement was evaluated. Aortic valve replacement successfully treated a rare case of spontaneous native aortic valvular thrombosis causing stenoinsufficiency in a 48-year-old man with a bicuspid aortic valve.
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