title: Left ventricular apical masses: distinguishing benign tumours from apical thrombi.
abstract: Differential diagnoses for cardiac left ventricular apical masses presenting following acute myocardial infarction include thrombi and cardiac tumours. We present two such cases and the multidisciplinary assessment that is required to assist with diagnosis.
authors: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital, Liverpool, UK bilal.kirmani@nhs.net.
authors: Bilal H
authors: BH
authors: Kirmani
authors: Department of Radiology, Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital, Liverpool, UK.
authors: Sukumaran
authors: S
authors: Binukrishnan
authors: Department of Pathology, Royal Liverpool University Hospital, Liverpool, UK.
authors: John R
authors: JR
authors: Gosney
authors: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital, Liverpool, UK.
authors: D Mark
authors: DM
authors: Pullan
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006352:Heart Ventricles; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000150:complications*; D009232:Myxoma / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology
keywords: Echocardiography; Heart ventricles; Intracardiac myxoma; Magnetic resonance imaging; Thrombosis