Left ventricular diverticulum and previous rhabdomyoma: an occasional detection

Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg. 2010 Jul;11(1):120-2. doi: 10.1510/icvts.2010.233494. Epub 2010 Apr 8.

Abstract

A 35-year-old patient previously operated when a child for right ventricular (RV) rhabdomyoma was submitted to cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) that showed a dilated RV and a small contractile cavity in the inferior left ventricular (LV) wall suggestive for diverticulum. This report shows the first description of a simultaneous evidence of LV diverticulum and previous rhabdomyoma, and furthermore highlights the important role of CMR for an easy detection of this congenital abnormality.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Cardiac Surgical Procedures
  • Diverticulum / complications*
  • Diverticulum / drug therapy
  • Diverticulum / pathology
  • Heart Diseases / complications*
  • Heart Diseases / drug therapy
  • Heart Diseases / pathology
  • Heart Neoplasms / complications*
  • Heart Neoplasms / surgery
  • Heart Ventricles / pathology
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male
  • Rhabdomyoma / complications*
  • Rhabdomyoma / surgery