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==Myxomatous degeneration==
==Myxomatous degeneration==
===General===
{{Main|Myxomatous degeneration}}
*Usually affects the mitral valve.
*Female > male,<ref>URL: [http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/759004-overview http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/759004-overview]. Accessed on: 8 June 2010.</ref> disputed by Toronto data.<ref name=leong>{{cite journal |author=Leong SW, Soor GS, Butany J, Henry J, Thangaroopan M, Leask RL |title=Morphological findings in 192 surgically excised native mitral valves |journal=Can J Cardiol |volume=22 |issue=12 |pages=1055-61 |year=2006 |month=October |pmid=17036100 |doi= |url=}}</ref>
*Associated with [[Marfan's syndrome]] and [[Turner syndrome]] (Monosomy X).<ref>{{cite journal |author=Wigle ED, Rakowski H, Ranganathan N, Silver MC |title=Mitral valve prolapse |journal=Annu. Rev. Med. |volume=27 |issue= |pages=165–80 |year=1976 |pmid=779595 |doi=10.1146/annurev.me.27.020176.001121 |url=}}</ref>
 
===Gross===
Features:<ref name=Ref_PBoD591>{{Ref PBoD|591}}</ref>
*No commissural fusion.
**Commissural fusion typical of rheumatic heart disease.
*Thickened.
*Rubbery consistency.
*Reactive/secondary changes.
**Fibrosis due to prolapse/abnormal contact of valve with other structures.
**Clots/organized thrombus - due to stasis.
 
===Microscopic===
*Thinning of ''fibrosa layer''.
*Thickening of ''spongiosa layer'' with mucoid (myxomatous) material. (key feature).
*+/-Secondary changes (due to valvular dysfunction): thrombi, fibrosis.
 
====Staining====
*Movat stain.
**Acid fuchsin, alcian blue, crocein scarlet, elastic hematoxylin, pathology consultation, and saffron.<ref>URL: [http://www.mayomedicallaboratories.com/test-catalog/Overview/9832 http://www.mayomedicallaboratories.com/test-catalog/Overview/9832]. Accessed on: 8 June 2010.</ref><ref name=penn_med>Modified Movat's Pentachrome Stain. University Penn Medicine. URL: [http://www.med.upenn.edu/mcrc/histology_core/movat.shtml http://www.med.upenn.edu/mcrc/histology_core/movat.shtml]. Accessed on: January 29, 2009.</ref>
 
Interpretation of Movat stain:<ref name=penn_med/>
*Black = nuclei and elastic fibers.
*Yellow = collagen and reticular fibers.
*Blue = mucin, ground substance.
*Red (intense) = fibrin.
*Red = muscle.
 
Image:
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Image:Myxomatous_aortic_valve.jpg | Myxomatous valve. [[Movat stain]]. (WC/Nephron)
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=Infective conditions=
=Infective conditions=
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