Echogenic mass

Echogenic masses are echocardiographic findings that attached to the valve leaflet. Possible causes are;


 * 1) vegetation
 * 2) myxomatous degeneration
 * 3) cuspal tear
 * 4) reduntant chordae
 * 5) fibroelastoma
 * 6) fibrinous strand
 * 7) Lamb's excrescence
 * 8) Beam width artifact