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Supravalvar aortic stenosis due to organizing thrombus in an asymptomatic child

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 August 2008

Louis W. Elkins
Affiliation:
Departments of Cardiac Surgery and Cardiology, Children's Hospital, Department of Pathology, Brigham & Women's Hospital, and Departments of Surgery and Pathology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
Derek D. Muehrcke
Affiliation:
Departments of Cardiac Surgery and Cardiology, Children's Hospital, Department of Pathology, Brigham & Women's Hospital, and Departments of Surgery and Pathology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
Richard A. Jonas*
Affiliation:
Departments of Cardiac Surgery and Cardiology, Children's Hospital, Department of Pathology, Brigham & Women's Hospital, and Departments of Surgery and Pathology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
*
Richard A. Jonas, M.D. Department of Cardiac Surgery, Children's Hospital, 300 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115 (617) 355-7930, FAX: (617) 355-6742

Abstract

A large mass arising from the aortic valve caused supravalvar aortic stenosis in a 4-year-old girl. The differential diagnosis included an organized thrombus or myxoma. Following surgical excision, there was resolution of choreioform movements and tongue thrusting, which had been present for 1 week preoperatively.

Type
Brief Reports
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1997

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