title: [A case report of left ventricular myxoma].
abstract: We reported a case of successful surgical extirpation of a left ventricular myxoma arising from the anterior wall of the left ventricle. A 17-year-old asymptomatic boy had been followed due to premature ventricular contractions. Two-dimensional echocardiography revealed a small mass in the left ventricle. He underwent transaortic extirpation of the mass under extracorporeal circulation in November, 1989. The gelatinous mass of 11 by 9 by 5 mm and weighing 0.4 g was a myxoma pathohistologically. His postoperative course has been uneventful. Left ventricular myxomas are very rare. In the literature, 26 cases in English and 6 in Japanese have been reported. Recurrence was reported in one case, thus careful follow-up is necessary.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Kurashiki Central Hospital, Okayama, Japan.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Aota
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kohno
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Komiya
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nakamura
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kanzaki
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D006352:Heart Ventricles; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009232:Myxoma / Q000601:surgery*