title: Isolated left-ventricular apical hypoplasia presenting as a left-ventricular mass on echocardiography.
abstract: Left-ventricular apical hypoplasia is a rare entity. Although it has typical imaging features on cardiovascular magnetic resonance, recognizing this condition on echocardiography can be challenging. This report describes an asymptomatic pediatric patient who initially presented with a left-ventricular mass on echocardiography.
authors.affiliation: Department of Diagnostic Imaging, National University Hospital, 1E Kent Ridge Road, Tower block, Level 12, Singapore, 119228, Singapore.
authors.forename: Ching Ching
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Ong
authors.forename: Cindy P P
authors.initials: CP
authors.lastname: Hia
authors.forename: Terence C W
authors.initials: TC
authors.lastname: Lim
authors.forename: Lynette L S
authors.initials: LL
authors.lastname: Teo
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D003287:Contrast Media; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004452:Echocardiography; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005260:Female; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D018636:Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D019028:Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Cine
chemical_list: D003287:Contrast Media