Isolated congenital absent aortic valve cusps in a fetus: A case report

Congenital absence of aortic valve cusps is an extremely rare congenital heart malformation. The absence of aortic valve cusps leads tosevere aortic regurgitation with resultant rapid and progressive heart failure and growth retardation in the fetus. Congenital absence ofthe aortic leaflets in association with other cardiac defects has been reported in the literature, but the isolated anomaly is not reportedyet. We present a case of a fetus with isolated congenital severe aortic regurgitation from absent aortic cusps and pathological specimenof this rare entity