title: [Asymptomatic left ventricular myxoma in pregnancy: echocardiographic diagnosis and surgical treatment].
abstract: Myxoma arising from the endocardial wall of the ventricles is rare. We describe here the case of a young woman in whom an asymptomatic left ventricular myxoma was incidentally discovered at the 35th week of pregnancy by transthoracic echocardiography. The echocardiogram revealed a huge intraventricular mass attached to the apex and prolapsing to the aortic valve during systole. On the basis of this ominous feature, the woman was promptly submitted to caesarean section and, after 10 days, to surgical removal of the mass.
authors.affiliation: Divisione di Cardiologia Emodinamica, Ospedale San Carlo, Potenza.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Fiorilli
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Tomasco
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Serino
authors.forename: U F
authors.initials: UF
authors.lastname: Tesler
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002585:Cesarean Section; D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D006352:Heart Ventricles; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D009232:Myxoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D011247:Pregnancy; D011252:Pregnancy Complications, Neoplastic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery