Pedunculated left ventricular rhabdomyoma.
A patient with an unusual left ventricular outflow tract obstruction caused by a solitary pedunculated left ventricular rhabdomyoma is described. Diagnosis was based on two-dimensional echocardiographic findings alone. The obstructive portion of the tumor was successfully removed from the interventricular septum by an aortic root approach.
D005260:Female; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006346:Heart Septum; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D012207:Rhabdomyoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D014463:Ultrasonography