[Myxoma of the left ventricle: a cause of syncope in an adolescent].
Clinical diagnosis of cardiac tumours is often difficult. We present the case of a 17 year-old boy in whom a left ventricular tumour was discovered during on diagnostic work-up for a syncope. The tumour was removed and histology confirmed the diagnosis of myxoma.
Departamento de Cirugía Cardíaca y Cardiología, Clínica Quirón, Barcelona.
L J
LJ
Delgado
J
J
Montiel
J
J
Guindo
L
L
Margarit
I
I
Casas
I
I
Ramírez
J M
JM
Sánchez
A
A
Bayes de Luna
J M
JM
Caralps
D000293:Adolescent; D004452:Echocardiography; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D006352:Heart Ventricles; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009232:Myxoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D013575:Syncope / Q000209:etiology*
Mixoma de ventrículo izquierdo como causa de síncope en adolescente.