Chasing Ghosts: Unexplained Artifactual Echogenicity on the Aortic Valve Leading to Unwarranted Surgery
- Resource Type
- Authors
- Mayanka Tickoo; Feroze Mahmood; Robert B. Schonberger; Daina Blitz; Amit Bardia
- Source
- CASE : Cardiovascular Imaging Case Reports
- Subject
- Aortic valve
medicine.medical_specialty
Artifact (error)
business.industry
Echogenicity
General Medicine
medicine.anatomical_structure
Artifact
medicine
Papillary fibroadenoma
Radiology
business
ComputingMethodologies_COMPUTERGRAPHICS
Chasing Ghosts During Surgery
- Language
- ISSN
- 2468-6441
Graphical abstract
Highlights • Papillary fibroadenomas are most commonly associated with aortic valves. • Echogenic artifacts may sometimes be misinterpreted as papillary fibroadenomas. • Confirmation of papillary fibroadenomas with alternative imaging modalities may be helpful.