Left ventricular apical masses: distinguishing benign tumours from apical thrombi

Bilal H Kirmani; Sukumaran Binukrishnan; John R Gosney; D Mark Pullan

doi:10.1093/ejcts/ezv098

Left ventricular apical masses: distinguishing benign tumours from apical thrombi

Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2016 Feb;49(2):701-3. doi: 10.1093/ejcts/ezv098. Epub 2015 Mar 19.

Authors

Bilal H Kirmani¹, Sukumaran Binukrishnan², John R Gosney³, D Mark Pullan⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital, Liverpool, UK bilal.kirmani@nhs.net.
² Department of Radiology, Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital, Liverpool, UK.
³ Department of Pathology, Royal Liverpool University Hospital, Liverpool, UK.
⁴ Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital, Liverpool, UK.

PMID: 25792148
DOI: 10.1093/ejcts/ezv098

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.

Keywords: Echocardiography; Heart ventricles; Intracardiac myxoma; Magnetic resonance imaging; Thrombosis.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged
Diagnosis, Differential
Female
Heart Diseases / diagnosis
Heart Diseases / etiology
Heart Neoplasms / complications
Heart Neoplasms / diagnosis*
Heart Ventricles
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Myocardial Infarction / complications*
Myxoma / complications
Myxoma / diagnosis*
Thrombosis / diagnosis*
Thrombosis / etiology