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Rodin Number: 05
E Number: none
Donor: Osler
Date: unknown
Size (H x W cm): 15.5 x 10.5
The specimen shows fusion of two aortic valve leaflets, consistent with a congenital bicuspid valve. (A median raphé is just evident (long arrow, (A)). Multiple small vegetations and foci of ulceration indicative of acute infectious endocarditis are present (short arrows).
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Comment
No clinical information is available. The descriptive card suggests that the valve fibrosis is the result of recurrent episodes of endocarditis; however, trauma related to a congenitally abnormal valve is more likely the cause.