Case report

DOI: http://doi.org/10.31928/2305-3127-2018.1.4044

Cavernous hemangioma of the mitral valve – a rare heart tumor. А clinical case

R.M. Vitovsky ^{1, 2}, O.A. Pishchurin ¹, M.M. Serdyuk ², V.V. Isaienko ¹, V.F. Onishchenko ¹

¹ Shupyk National Medical Academy of Postgraduate Education, Kyiv, Ukraine
² M.M. Amosov National Institute of Cardiovascular Surgery NAMS of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine

The article presents a clinical case of a rare benign heart neoplasm – a cavernous mitral valve hemangioma. Infiltrative growth of the tumor led to deformation of the valve with the development of mitral insufficiency and its replacement with a mechanical prosthesis.

Key words: heart tumors, hemangioma, mitral insufficiency, surgical treatment.