title: Primary benign schwannoma of the left ventricle coursing under the left anterior descending artery.
abstract: A 57-year-old female patient with a mass adjacent to the left ventricle coursing along the left anterior descending artery has been reported. The maximum possible resection was performed at a maximum degree; however without complete removal. Histological examination revealed a benign primary schwannoma of the heart. To our knowledge, this is the first reported case of benign schwannoma of left ventricle in an adult.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Medical School Hospital, Ataturk University, Erzurum-Turkey. drserdarsevimli@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Serdar
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sevimli
authors.forename: Bilgehan
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Erkut
authors.forename: Necip
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Becit
authors.forename: Enbiya
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Aksakal
authors.forename: Pinar
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Polat
mesh_terms: D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D015150:Echocardiography, Doppler / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D006352:Heart Ventricles; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods; D008875:Middle Aged; D009442:Neurilemmoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery