title: [A case of left ventricular myxoma].
abstract: Left ventricular myxoma is very rare. To our knowledge, only 26 cases have been reported in the English and 7 cases in the Japanese literature. A 71-year-old man in our care was being followed due to angina pectoris. Two-dimensional echocardiography revealed a small mass in the left ventricular outflow tract. An operation was performed under cardiopulmonary bypass on July 14, 1992. A small mass located on the anterior wall of the left ventricle was excised en bloc via a transaortic approach. The gelatinous mass measuring 24 x 12 x 3 mm was determined histopathologically to be a myxoma. The postoperative course was uneventful and there has been no sign of recurrence so far. Because recurrent cases have been reported in the past, careful follow-up will be performed periodically.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Toranomon Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hariya
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Makuuchi
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Naruse
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kobayashi
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Fuse
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006352:Heart Ventricles; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009232:Myxoma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery