A 67-year-old man with fatigue and dyspnea, in NYHA class IV, was admitted to our hospital. His evaluation, physical examination, and other investigations were carried out. An atypical finding was found and he was referred for cardiac surgery.
Epithelioid hemangioendotheliomais a low to intermediate grade malignant vascular tumors that can involve any organ. About 60-80%of patients are women, patient ages range 7 to 81 years, with a median age of 38 years. Four cases of thoracic epithelioid hemangioendotheliomas with different clinical presentation and disease progression are reported. Cases 1 and 2 are pulmonary epithelioid hemangioendotheliomas dia...
Supravalvular aortic stenosis is a rare congenital anomaly (less than 0.05% of all congenital heart defects). This aortic root anomaly consists in a narrow aortic lumen immediately above the aortic valve and represents the least common form of left ventricular outflow tract obstruction. Clinical presentation is usually in the first decades of life. In most cases, the aortic valve leaflets are morphologically no...