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Transesophageal echocardiograph illustrating large, papillary, solid, fixed mass, measuring 7 x 7 mm on the left coronary cusp, on the left ventricular aspect of the aortic valve.
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Transesophageal echocardiography revealed a large, papillary, solid, fixed mass, measuring 7 x 7 mm on the left coronary cusp (Figure 1) of the aortic valve that was suspected to be an aortic fibroelastoma due to its papillary structure and size.
Mass surgically excised from left coronary cusp of aortic valve, approximately 9 x 5 mm. Pathology consistent with thrombus.
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She underwent valve sparing excision of the fibroelastoma (Figure 2).