Left ventricular diverticulum with hypertrophy of the left ventricular apex

Ann Thorac Surg. 1992 Oct;54(4):761-3. doi: 10.1016/0003-4975(92)91024-4.

Abstract

A surgical case of diverticulum in the left ventricular apex is presented. A two-dimensional echocardiogram and magnetic resonance image showed a calcified tumor buried in the marked hypertrophied apex of the left ventricle. Enucleation of the oval and hard tumor (4 x 2.5 x 2.5 cm) was performed through the apex, and the defect was anastomosed by buttress sutures. Histologic examination demonstrated that the tumor cavity was filled with a thrombus encapsulated by thickened and calcified endocardium that extended to the left ventricular cavity. In this report, the etiology of the diverticulum with a hypertrophied myocardium is discussed.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic / complications*
  • Diverticulum / diagnosis
  • Diverticulum / etiology*
  • Echocardiography
  • Heart Diseases / diagnosis
  • Heart Diseases / etiology*
  • Heart Ventricles
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Myocardial Infarction / etiology
  • Thrombosis / diagnosis
  • Thrombosis / etiology*