Echocardiographic diagnosis of left ventricular myxoma. Description of a case and review of the literature. Myxomas of the left ventricle [Diagnostica ecocardiografica del mixoma ventricolare sinistro. Descrizione di un caso e revisione della letteratura. I mixomi del ventricolo sinistro]

A case of left ventricular myxoma diagnosed by echocardiography and successfully removed by left ventriculotomy is reported. This is a 21 year old male, with the few symptoms which simulating an hypertrophic cardiomyopathy in contrast to the large size of the tumour. It is possible that myxomas are responsible for sudden death. Therefore, in presence of new cardiac signs kind and relevance, the possibility of a myxoma should be considered. The diagnosis can be easily ruled out (or confirmed) by echocardiography, which represents a valuable tool in the diagnosis of myxomas