A Ping Pong Ball in the Left Ventricle

J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2023 Oct;37(10):2153-2156. doi: 10.1053/j.jvca.2023.06.002. Epub 2023 Jun 7.

Abstract

Diagnosing cardiac masses, especially those related to cardiac tumors, is often challenging in clinical practice. Though myxomas are the most common and well-known benign cardiac tumors, other rare and often-neglected tumors can be difficult to diagnose. In this case report, the authors describe a left ventricular cardiac mass with unique and striking imaging features.

Keywords: Cardiac hemangioma; Cardiac mass; Echocardiography; Magnetic resonance imaging.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Heart Neoplasms* / diagnostic imaging
  • Heart Neoplasms* / surgery
  • Heart Ventricles / diagnostic imaging
  • Heart Ventricles / surgery
  • Humans
  • Myxoma* / diagnostic imaging
  • Myxoma* / surgery