Diagnostic Pathology (Jun 2010)

A case of mesothelial/monocytic incidental cardiac excrescence and literature review

  • Hu Zhong-Liang,
  • Lü Hui,
  • Yin Hong-Ling,
  • Wen Ji-Fang,
  • Jin Ou

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/1746-1596-5-40
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 5, no. 1
p. 40

Abstract

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Abstract Mesothelial/monocytic incidental cardiac excrescence (MICE) is a rare entity which is an amalgam of mesothelial cells, histiocytes, and fibrin, often found occasionally during cardiac valve replacement. We report a case in a 25-year-old Chinese female with serous mitral stenosis and patent foramen ovale. Routine and immunohistochemical stains and ultrastructure examination revealed the vegetation was predominantly composed of histocytes with scattered mesothelial cells. In fact nodular histiocytic/mesothelial hyperplasia (NHMH) is a similar lesion to MICE. MICE and NHMH could be unified, and NHMH may be a better choice.