Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery (Sep 2008)

Cardiac Valvular Inflammatory Pseudotumor

  • Sathe Pragati A,
  • Patwardhan Anil M,
  • Vaideeswar Pradeep

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/1749-8090-3-53
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 3, no. 1
p. 53

Abstract

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Abstract Inflammatory pseudotumors are quasineoplastic lesions that occur in the lungs as well as other extrapulmonary sites. The heart is an uncommon site of origin. We report a valvular pseudotumor that produced chronic mitral and aortic regurgitation in an elderly woman.