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Calcifying myocarditis mimicking an intracardiac tumor on fetal echocardiography

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 August 2008

Renate Oberhoffer ,
Uwe Hillen  and
Dieter Lang
Renate Oberhoffer*
Affiliation:
From the Sektion Kinderkardiologie, der Universitaet Ulm, Ulm
Uwe Hillen
Affiliation:
Universitaets-Kinderklinik and the Abteilung Pathologie, der Universitaet Ulm, Ulm
Dieter Lang
Affiliation:
From the Sektion Kinderkardiologie, der Universitaet Ulm, Ulm
*
Correspondence to Dr. Renate Oberhoffer, Sektion Kinderkardiologie, Universitaets-Kinderklinik, Prittwitzstraße 43, 7900 Ulm, Germany. Tel. 0731-502-7706; Fax. 0731-502-7789.
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Summary

We report echocardiographic findings of an intracardiac mass in a hydropic fetus who died after four weeks of follow-up. Within that period, the left ventricular myocardium had developed extensive echo-dense patterns suggesting tumorous infiltration. Autopsy revealed extreme calcification of the mitral valve, which had mimicked a tumorous mass on fetal echocardiography. The histological results were consistent with viral myocarditis.

Keywords

Calcifying myocarditiscardiac massfetal echocardiography
Type
Brief Report
Information
Cardiology in the Young , Volume 3 , Issue 2 , April 1993 , pp. 158 - 160
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1993

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