Neonatal multiple blood cysts of heart valves

Nada Vuckovic; Vladimir Pilija; Dejan Vuckovic; Ivan Capo

doi:10.1016/j.carpath.2015.10.008

Neonatal multiple blood cysts of heart valves

Cardiovasc Pathol. 2016 Mar-Apr;25(2):101-2. doi: 10.1016/j.carpath.2015.10.008. Epub 2015 Oct 31.

Authors

Nada Vuckovic¹, Vladimir Pilija², Dejan Vuckovic³, Ivan Capo⁴

Affiliations

¹ Pathology and Histology Centre, Clinical Centre of Vojvodina, Novi Sad, Serbia; Medical Faculty at Novi Sad, University of Novi Sad, Novi Sad, Serbia. Electronic address: nadavuckovic@yahoo.com.
² Medical Faculty at Novi Sad, University of Novi Sad, Novi Sad, Serbia; Institute of Forensic Medicine, Clinical Centre of Vojvodina, Novi Sad, Serbia.
³ Medical Faculty at Novi Sad, University of Novi Sad, Novi Sad, Serbia; Institute for Lung Diseases of Vojvodina, Sremska Kamenica, Serbia.
⁴ Medical Faculty at Novi Sad, University of Novi Sad, Novi Sad, Serbia.

PMID: 26764142
DOI: 10.1016/j.carpath.2015.10.008

Abstract

The female neonate, 27 days, 53 cm, 3450 g, was found dead in early morning hours. Baby was healthy, well nourished, and not neglected, up to the day before when she started to cough and scheduled for next-day regular pediatrician visit. Due to unexpected death, the autopsy was performed. Multiple oval, blood cysts, up to 0.5 cm, were found on the free valvular margins of the mitral valve, tricuspid valve, and aortic valve. The blood cysts were unilocular, filled with blood, and lined with flattened endothelial cells. The surrounding stroma was slightly edematous but without myxoid changes.

Keywords: Blood cyst; Heart valve; Valvular blood cyst.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Cysts / pathology
Fatal Outcome
Female
Heart Valve Diseases / congenital*
Heart Valve Diseases / pathology*
Heart Valves / pathology
Humans
Infant, Newborn