[Two cardiac tumors with left ventricular location: myxoma and papillary fibroelastoma].
We report 2 clinical cases of cardiac tumors, myxoma and papillary fibroelastoma, with unusual ventricular location. The clinical manifestations of these entities are not well described. Usually the patients are asymptomatic even if they have a high risk for cardiac and systemic embolic events so that these neoplasms are recognized during life more often in patients evaluated for embolic events of unclear pathology. The routine use of echocardiography has increased the detection of these tumors in living patients. In the surgical treatment, the approach should allow minimal manipulation of the tumors, inspection of all four cardiac chambers to overlook if tumors are multifocal and provide adequate exposure for complete resection. In our experience, we used two surgical approaches, via the left ventricle and via the aortic valve.
Leonardi Cattolica
Francesco Saverio
FS
Divisione di Cardiochirurgia, A.C.O. San Filippo Neri, Roma. s.leonardi@sanfilipponeri.roma.it
Minati
Alessandro
A
Testa
Nicola
N
Sordini
Paolo
P
Costantino
Alberto
A
Gentili
Carlo
C
Alois
Alberto
A
Gallo
Rocco
R
Madaro
Pasquale
P
Auriti
Antonio
A
Bernardi
Cinzia
C
Staibano
Mario
M
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D005350:Fibroma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006352:Heart Ventricles; D006801:Humans; D009232:Myxoma / Q000175:diagnosis*