Atrial Blood Cyst: A Rare Finding

We report a rare case of giant blood cyst originating from the anterior mitral valve leaflet and chordae tendineae, which was incidentally discovered during a 2-dimensional echocardiography examination performed for assessment of left ventricular function after an uncomplicated myocardial infarction in a 50-year-old man.

Giant blood cyst of the mitral valve.

Blood cysts within the heart are very rare entities in adults. The authors present possibly the first ever case in which blood cysts were found on both mitral valve leaflets. A 65-year-old woman was referred for transthoracic echocardiography because of vague chest discomfort. Transthoracic echocardiography displayed echo-free cysts on the tips of both mitral valve leaflets. Subsequent transesophageal echocardiography confirmed this finding. The blood cysts were successfully surgically removed.

Bileaflet blood cysts on the mitral valve in an adult.

Blood cysts of the heart are rare benign tumors, usually involving the cardiac valves. They are found mainly in the first month of life and in children; and are rarely seen in adults. Here, we report a case of a blood cyst on the subvalvular apparatus of the mitral valve, which was incidentally discovered during chest computed tomography in a 47-year-old man. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first reported case of blood cyst of the heart in an adult in Korea.

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Blood cyst of subvalvular apparatus of the mitral valve in an adult.

Blood cysts within the heart are rare findings in adults. We describe a case of a woman with a history of orthotopic liver transplantation who presented for an echocardiogram to evaluate a potential source of cerebrovascular embolism. A cystic mass attached to the submitral valve apparatus was identified by transthoracic and confirmed by transesophageal echocardiography. Surgical exploration and pathologic examination confirmed the mass to be a blood cyst attached to the chordal apparatus of the posterior papillary muscle. This case report highlights the use of echocardiography in diagnosing intracardiac blood cysts.

Blood cyst of the mitral valve apparatus in a woman with a history of orthotopic liver transplantation.

Two-dimensional transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiography have become important modalities in the evaluation of the mechanism of symptomatic mitral regurgitation. We report the use of echocardiography in the detection of an unusual cause of mitral regurgitation, that of multiple large blood cysts involving the posterior leaflet of the mitral valve.

Blood cyst of the mitral valve: detection by transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiography.

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Blood cyst of the mitral valve: detection by transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiography.