Francisco Andreia, Gouveia Rosa, Anjos Rui
1Department of Pediatric Cardiology,Hospital Pediátrico de Coimbra,Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra,Portugal.
2Department of Pathology,Hospital de Santa Cruz,Centro Hospitalar de Lisboa Ocidental,Portugal.
Cardiol Young. 2014 Oct;24(5):923-5. doi: 10.1017/S1047951113001388. Epub 2013 Sep 18.
Lipomatous hamartoma of cardiac valves is a very rare entity, with only three reported cases in children. We describe the case of a 9-year-old girl with a mass in the mitral valve, which was detected in an echocardiogram performed for heart murmur investigation. At surgery, a white round-shaped tumour was removed and histopathological examination revealed a lipomatous hamartoma.