Left ventricular fibroma causing atypical chest pain.
A 29-year-old man with atypical chest pain for 3 years and exertional angina for 3 months was found to have a large homogenous mass in the apicolateral area of the left ventricle. The mass, weighing 78 g, was excised successfully and identified as a fibroma.
D000328:Adult; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D002637:Chest Pain / Q000209:etiology*; D005350:Fibroma / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D006352:Heart Ventricles; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male