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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Jun 2.
Published in final edited form as: Cerebrovasc Dis. 2015 Jun 2;40(0):18–27. doi: 10.1159/000381906

Figure 2. Histology of Lambl’s Excrescences.

Figure 2

A. Gross anatomic view of a mildly sclerotic aortic valve with a thin (1 mm) and elongated (6 mm) Lambl’s excrescence (arrow) at the coaptation point and ventricular side of the left coronary cusp. B. Histology of longitudinal, cross-sectional, and oblique cuts of the Lambl’s excrescence demonstrate a core of fibroelastic, hypocellular, and avascular connective tissue covered by a single layer of endothelial cells.