title: [Isolated left ventricular myxoma discovered by two-dimensional echocardiography].
abstract: We describe the case of a young patient in whom two-dimensional echocardiography, performed because of mild palpitation, discovered the presence of a small mass into the left ventricle, attached to the interventricular septum. The patient was operated upon on cardiopulmonary by-pass, and the mass was removed through the aortic valve, without any complication during the postoperative period. On histology the mass appeared to be a typical myxoma. This case has been reported because the infrequency of ventricular location of the myxoma is unusual, and because the use of 2D-echocardiography, even in the absence of significant symptoms and/or clinical signs, avoided dangerous embolic complications, which often represent the first sign of this neoplastic pathology.
authors.affiliation: Istituto di Cardiologia e Chirurgia Cardiovascolare, Università di Verona.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Silvestre
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Anselmi
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mazzucco
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004452:Echocardiography; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006352:Heart Ventricles; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009232:Myxoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery
vernacular_title: Mixoma ventricolare sinistro isolato scoperto mediante ecocardiografia bidimensionale.