Endomyocardial fibrosis in an adult mimicking left ventricular mass.
Endomyocardial fibrosis is a rare condition that occurs primarily in tropical countries. It can often mimick a variety of other common cardiac conditions such as apical hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and Ebstein anomaly. We report a case of a left ventricular mass that at histologic examination was found to be endomyocardial fibrosis.
Vaidyanathan
Karthik R
KR
Department of Cardiac Surgery, Frontier Lifeline and Dr K. M. Cherian Heart Foundation, International Center for Cardiothoracic and Vascular Diseases, Chennai, India. rkvdoc@rediffmail.com
Venkatraman
Rajesh
R
Sankar
Madhu N
MN
Cherian
Kotturathu M
KM
D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004719:Endomyocardial Fibrosis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006352:Heart Ventricles; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male