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Mitral valvular stromal degeneration
K S Ratnakar1, B Somaraju, P Rajagopal
1Department of Pathology, Nizam's Institute of Medical Sciences, Panjagutta, Hyderabad, India.
Japanese Heart Journal
|May 1, 1991
Abstract:
A 35-year-old female who presented with features of mitral valve disease showed mitral stromal deposits which were acidophilic in nature and brilliantly red by Masson trichrome. Stromal GAG (glycosaminoglycan) alterations are considered responsible for the deposits.