- Lambl excrescences
- small papillary projections on the cardiac valves, probably due to organized thrombi associated with the nodules of Arantius.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
Lambl excrescences
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Vilém Dušan Lambl — (December 5, 1824 February 12, 1895) was a Czech physician. He was a professor at the Universities of Warsaw and Kharkov, and also worked at Löschner s children s hospital in Prague.He is remembered for his description of an intestinal protozoan… … Wikipedia
excrescence — Any outgrowth from a surface. [L. ex cresco, pp. cretus, to grow forth] Lambl excrescences small pointed projections from the edges of the aortic cusps of unknown significance. * * * ex·cres·cence ik skres ən(t)s n an outgrowth or enlargement: as … Medical dictionary
