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. 1988 Aug;60(2):169–171. doi: 10.1136/hrt.60.2.169

Mitral incompetence associated with lipoma infiltrating the mitral valve.

D R Anderson 1, M R Gray 1
PMCID: PMC1216542  PMID: 3415877

Abstract

A 54 year old man presented with presyncopal symptoms. Echocardiography and subsequently computed tomography showed a mass in the posterior mitral annulus causing incompetence of the valve. At operation a lipoma was found which could not be resected. Mitral incompetence was the result of chordal rupture where the lipoma had engulfed the papillary muscle. The valve was replaced and the patient made an uneventful recovery. This case report shows a potential danger of an otherwise benign lesion.

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