Left ventricular diverticulum mimicking cardiac tumor.
Maciej T WybraniecWojciech WróbelJarosław MyszorKatarzyna Mizia-StecPublished in: Echocardiography (Mount Kisco, N.Y.) (2017)
Left ventricular (LV) diverticulum represents a rare and frequently asymptomatic congenital anomaly, which is incidentally discovered during routine transthoracic echocardiography. We present a case of a 66-year-old female patient who was admitted to the cardiology department due to incidental finding of a tumor-like mass associated with the posterior mitral leaflet. Preliminary echocardiographic evaluation revealed a solid structure, suspected of mitral annulus calcification or LV malignancy. However, cardiac contrast-enhanced computed tomography confirmed the presence of LV diverticulum, partially filled with calcified thrombus. Conservative management was recommended. This case underscores the importance of multimodality imaging for differentiation of LV tumor-like structures.
Keyphrases
- left ventricular
- mitral valve
- computed tomography
- contrast enhanced
- left atrial
- hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
- acute myocardial infarction
- aortic stenosis
- cardiac resynchronization therapy
- heart failure
- magnetic resonance imaging
- high resolution
- magnetic resonance
- diffusion weighted
- aortic valve
- positron emission tomography
- chronic kidney disease
- diffusion weighted imaging
- pulmonary hypertension
- mass spectrometry
- photodynamic therapy
- cardiac surgery
- coronary artery disease
- image quality
- atrial fibrillation
- transcatheter aortic valve replacement
- clinical practice