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Formation of pannus on prosthetic valves in a child with pseudoxanthoma elasticum

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 August 2006

Dorothy J. Radford  and
Peter G. Pohlner
Dorothy J. Radford
Affiliation:
Queensland Centre for Congenital Heart Disease, The Prince Charles Hospital, Brisbane, Australia
Peter G. Pohlner
Affiliation:
Queensland Centre for Congenital Heart Disease, The Prince Charles Hospital, Brisbane, Australia
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Abstract

A child with pseudoxanthoma elasticum had mitral valvar prolapse with severe regurgitation necessitating replacement with a prosthetic valve. Extensive formation of pannus caused obstruction of two mechanical valves, one after twenty months and the second after three years. Histology of the pannus was similar to the endocardial lesions that are considered unique to pseudoxanthoma elasticum.

Keywords

Pseudoxanthoma elasticumpannus formationmitral valve replacementechocardiography
Type
Brief Report
Information
Cardiology in the Young , Volume 12 , Issue 2 , March 2002 , pp. 183 - 185
Copyright
2002 Cambridge University Press

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