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→Mitral valve prolapse
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===Microscopic=== | ===Microscopic=== | ||
Features:<ref name=pmid3049284/><ref name=Ref_PCPBoD8_296>{{Ref PCPBoD8|296}}</ref> | Features:<ref name=pmid3049284/><ref name=Ref_PCPBoD8_296>{{Ref PCPBoD8|296}}</ref> | ||
*Increased thickness of spongiosa layer. | *Increased thickness of spongiosa layer. ‡ | ||
*Thinning of the fibrosa layer. | *Thinning of the fibrosa layer. | ||
*+/-Fibrin deposition - atrial aspect. | *+/-Fibrin deposition - atrial aspect. | ||
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*‡ The Tthicking may be due to superimposed fibrosis, instead of spongiosa layer thickening.<ref name=pmid24316086>{{Cite journal | last1 = Roberts | first1 = WC. | last2 = Vowels | first2 = TJ. | last3 = Ko | first3 = JM. | last4 = Hebeler | first4 = RF. | title = Gross and histological features of excised portions of posterior mitral leaflet in patients having operative repair of mitral valve prolapse and comments on the concept of missing (= ruptured) chordae tendineae. | journal = J Am Coll Cardiol | volume = 63 | issue = 16 | pages = 1667-74 | month = Apr | year = 2014 | doi = 10.1016/j.jacc.2013.11.017 | PMID = 24316086 }}</ref> | |||
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