A Case of Mitral Valve Tophus in a Patient with Severe Gout Tophaceous Arthritis

A few cases of cardiac valve tophi have been reported in literature. In this case report, the echocardiographic characteristics of the hyperechoic mass in the posterior leaflet mitral valve, intact mitral valve ring, and the occurrence of severe tophaceous gout arthritis suggested the diagnosis of a...

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Autores principales: Rohani, Atooshe, Chamanian, Soheila, Hosseinzade, Peiman, Ramezani, Javad
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2012
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3515934/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23230550
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2156-7514.103058
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author Rohani, Atooshe
Chamanian, Soheila
Hosseinzade, Peiman
Ramezani, Javad
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description A few cases of cardiac valve tophi have been reported in literature. In this case report, the echocardiographic characteristics of the hyperechoic mass in the posterior leaflet mitral valve, intact mitral valve ring, and the occurrence of severe tophaceous gout arthritis suggested the diagnosis of a gout tophus on the mitral valve.
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spelling pubmed-35159342012-12-10 A Case of Mitral Valve Tophus in a Patient with Severe Gout Tophaceous Arthritis Rohani, Atooshe Chamanian, Soheila Hosseinzade, Peiman Ramezani, Javad J Clin Imaging Sci Case Report A few cases of cardiac valve tophi have been reported in literature. In this case report, the echocardiographic characteristics of the hyperechoic mass in the posterior leaflet mitral valve, intact mitral valve ring, and the occurrence of severe tophaceous gout arthritis suggested the diagnosis of a gout tophus on the mitral valve. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2012-10-31 /pmc/articles/PMC3515934/ /pubmed/23230550 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2156-7514.103058 Text en Copyright: © 2012 Rohani A http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Chamanian, Soheila
Hosseinzade, Peiman
Ramezani, Javad
A Case of Mitral Valve Tophus in a Patient with Severe Gout Tophaceous Arthritis
title A Case of Mitral Valve Tophus in a Patient with Severe Gout Tophaceous Arthritis
title_full A Case of Mitral Valve Tophus in a Patient with Severe Gout Tophaceous Arthritis
title_fullStr A Case of Mitral Valve Tophus in a Patient with Severe Gout Tophaceous Arthritis
title_full_unstemmed A Case of Mitral Valve Tophus in a Patient with Severe Gout Tophaceous Arthritis
title_short A Case of Mitral Valve Tophus in a Patient with Severe Gout Tophaceous Arthritis
title_sort case of mitral valve tophus in a patient with severe gout tophaceous arthritis
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3515934/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23230550
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2156-7514.103058
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