Unusual Mass in the Left Ventricle

Unusual fatty infiltration of the basal left ventricle.

Grant Heatlie PhD MRCP,1 Bernd C. Cornelius MD,2 Andreas Kilkowski MD,2 Sanjay Prasad, MD MRCP,1 Mary N. Sheppard FRCPath,3 and Raad Mohiaddin FRCR FRCP FESC1 Royal Brompton Hospital, Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Unit, London, Great Britain, United Kingdom,1 Klinikum Ludwigshafen am Rhein gGmbH, ZIR und Medizinische B Klinik, Ludwigshafen, Germany,2 and Royal Brompton Hospital, Department ...

Video-assisted left ventricle mass removal.

unusual cmr findings of apical left ventricle pseudoaneurysm

conclusions due to the tendency of lv pseudoaneurysms to rupture, early surgical intervention is recommended. case presentation we report a very rare case of a 47-year-old woman presents with an atypical form of lv apical pseudoaneurysm confirmed by cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (cmri). introduction left ventricular pseudoaneurysm is an interesting clinical entity. the left ventricular (lv...

Cardiac Aspergillosis with pedunculated mass in the left ventricle.

Immunosuppression can allow organisms that are not usually pathogenetic to cause disease; under such circumstances, Aspergillus species frequently form large masses of fungal elements. We describe the case of a 12-year-old girl with hematologic remission of leukemia. She had a left ventricular pedunculated mass that was detected by echocardiographic study; at surgery, the presence of Aspergillu...

Unusual clinical presentation of a giant left ventricle hydatid cyst.

A 39-year-old woman was hospitalized in our center due to chest and left shoulder pain. Having a history of tamponade and tuberculosis, she was under treatment for the previous two months. Echocardiography, chest CT and MRI documented intramyocardial and pericardial hydatid cyst which was later confirmed by further pathological studies. Later, the cyst was removed surgically.