Document Type

Article

Publication Date

6-1-2016

Identifier

PMCID: PMC4894712 DOI: 10.14503/THIJ-15-5318

Abstract

Cardiac myxoma is the most common cardiac tumor in patients of all ages; the majority are encountered as single left atrial tumors. Left ventricular myxomas are exceedingly rare, having been recorded in a small number of case reports involving children worldwide. We report a case of a left ventricular myxoma with left ventricular outflow tract obstruction in a previously healthy, asymptomatic adolescent black male. Transthoracic echocardiograms revealed a single, large (2.5 × 5-cm), lobulated, mobile mass within the left ventricular cavity that oscillated into the outflow tract, thereby causing moderate obstruction during systole. Advanced images delineated the location and tissue composition of the mass, characterizing it as a myxoma. Complete surgical excision of the mass was accomplished via aortotomy. Gross examination and histology confirmed the diagnosis of myxoma.

Journal Title

Texas Heart Institute journal / from the Texas Heart Institute of St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital, Texas Children's Hospital

Volume

43

Issue

3

First Page

267

Last Page

269

MeSH Keywords

Cardiac Surgical Procedures; Child; Echocardiography; Heart Neoplasms; Heart Ventricles; Humans; Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Cine; Male; Myxoma

Keywords

Adolescent; cardiac magnetic resonance; cardiac tumors; heart murmurs/diagnosis; left ventricle/pediatric; magnetic resonance imaging/methods; male; myxoma/complications

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