Giant endocardial blood cyst in left ventricle resected by transaortic valve approach.
A 57-year-old man had a histologically proven giant blood cyst in the left ventricle. An encapsulated mobile cystic tumor (3 x 3 x 4 cm), which was attached to the anterolateral papillary muscle by a stalk, was successfully resected by a transaortic valve approach for preserving cardiac function.
Ohmoto
Y
Y
Second Department of Internal Medicine, Sapporo Medical College, Japan.
Tsuchihashi
K
K
Tanaka
S
S
Shimamoto
K
K
Iimura
O
O
D003560:Cysts / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010210:Papillary Muscles / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery