title: Left ventricular hamartoma associated with ventricular tachycardia.
abstract: Cardiac hamartomas are a rare type of benign tumor affecting the heart. We describe a 33-year-old patient who presented with a wide complex tachycardia. Diagnostic imaging revealed a mass in the patient's left ventricular wall, near the apex of the heart. The mass was surgically resected and appeared benign. Its pathology was that of a hamartoma of mature cardiac myocytes. Postoperative electrophysiology evaluation showed no inducible focus and the patient remains alive and asymptomatic after 2 years of follow-up.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston 02114, USA.
authors.forename: M H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Dinh
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Galvin
authors.forename: T H
authors.initials: TH
authors.lastname: Aretz
authors.forename: D F
authors.initials: DF
authors.lastname: Torchiana
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D009202:Cardiomyopathies / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004452:Echocardiography; D004699:Endocardium / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006222:Hamartoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male