Cardiovascular pathology : the official journal of the Society for Cardiovascular Pathology
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Cardiovasc. Pathol. · Nov 2011
Case ReportsExtremely rare case of primary cardiac chondroma in a patient presenting with acute pulmonary edema.
Primary tumors of the heart are rare entities, substantially less frequent than cardiac metastases. Primary chondroma is an exceptionally rare cardiac tumor. We describe the case of a patient presenting with acute pulmonary edema with the incidental echocardiographic finding of a large left atrial tumor that was histopathologically diagnosed as primary cardiac chondroma.
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Cardiovasc. Pathol. · Nov 2011
Case ReportsScopulariopsis brevicaulis infection of prosthetic valve resembling aspergilloma on histopathology.
Fungal prosthetic valve endocarditis is an infrequent but serious complication of valve replacement surgery. Approximately 75% of patients are affected with Candida species. Scopulariopsis species affecting prosthetic valve is rarely reported in the literature.