Letter to the Editor

Unilateral Pulmonary Edema Secondary to Idiopathic Rupture of Mitral Chordaea Tendinae

Authors: Bekir S. Cebeci, MD, Ejder Kardesoglu, MD, Fethi Kilicaslan, MD, Ata Kirilmaz, MD, Eralp Ulusoy, MD, Namik Ozmen, MD, Omer Uz, MD, Mehmet Dincturk, MD

Abstract

Pulmonary edema is an uncommon form of unilateral pulmonary infiltrate.1 Rupture of mitral chordae tendineae may result in severe mitral regurgitation, and may cause pulmonary edema. Although unilateral pulmonary edema (UPE) secondary to mitral regurgitation has been reported in the literature,2 to the best of our knowledge, UPE secondary to idiopathic rupture of the mitral valve has not been reported previously. We report the case of a patient with unilateral pulmonary edema secondary to idiopathic rupture of mitral chordae tendineae.

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