title: Left ventricular diverticulum and previous rhabdomyoma: an occasional detection.
abstract: A 35-year-old patient previously operated when a child for right ventricular (RV) rhabdomyoma was submitted to cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) that showed a dilated RV and a small contractile cavity in the inferior left ventricular (LV) wall suggestive for diverticulum. This report shows the first description of a simultaneous evidence of LV diverticulum and previous rhabdomyoma, and furthermore highlights the important role of CMR for an easy detection of this congenital abnormality.
authors.affiliation: Clinical and Experimental Department of Medicine and Pharmacology, University of Messina, Messina, Italy.
authors.forename: Gianluca
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Di Bella
authors.forename: Rocco
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Donato
authors.forename: Sebastiano
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Coglitore
authors.forename: Salvatore
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lentini
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures; D004240:Diverticulum / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D012207:Rhabdomyoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery