[A case report of left ventricular myxoma]

We reported a case of successful surgical extirpation of a left ventricular myxoma arising from the anterior wall of the left ventricle. A 17-year-old asymptomatic boy had been followed due to premature ventricular contractions. Two-dimensional echocardiography revealed a small mass in the left ventricle. He underwent transaortic extirpation of the mass under extracorporeal circulation in November, 1989. The gelatinous mass of 11 by 9 by 5 mm and weighing 0.4 g was a myxoma pathohistologically. His postoperative course has been uneventful. Left ventricular myxomas are very rare. In the literature, 26 cases in English and 6 in Japanese have been reported. Recurrence was reported in one case, thus careful follow-up is necessary.