Successful partial excision of an intramural fibroma of the left ventricle.
A report of the only surviving adult to undergo partial excision of an intramural cardiac left ventricular fibroma is presented. Good results were obtained by relieving outflow tract obstruction through partial excision of the tumor from the septum and left ventricle. The need for conservative surgical treatment of patients with this rare, benign tumor is emphasized.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D002302:Cardiac Output; D006332:Cardiomegaly / Q000150:complications; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004695:Endocardial Fibroelastosis / Q000473:pathology; D005350:Fibroma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006222:Hamartoma / Q000473:pathology; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008875:Middle Aged; D009999:Ossification, Heterotopic; D011666:Pulmonary Valve Stenosis / Q000473:pathology