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Atypically located cardiac haemangioma of the mitral valve

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 May 2011

Amanda L. Cook ,
Derek A. Williams ,
Simon Bergman  and
Michael H. Hines
Amanda L. Cook*
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatrics, Wake Forest University School of Medicine Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States of America
Derek A. Williams
Affiliation:
Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States of America
Simon Bergman
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery, Wake Forest University School of Medicine Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States of America
Michael H. Hines
Affiliation:
Department of Pathology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States of America
*
Correspondence to: Dr A. L. Cook, MD, Department of Pediatrics, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Medical Center Boulevard, Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27157, United States of America. Tel: (336)716 3232; Fax: (336) 716 0533; E-mail: acook@wfubmc.edu
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Abstract

We report an adolescent with a benign cardiac haemangioma with attachments exclusively to the anterior leaflet of the mitral valve. On the basis of our review of the literature, this study has not been reported previously.

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Cardiology in the Young , Volume 21 , Issue 5 , 09 September 2011 , pp. 598 - 600
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2011

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