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A rare left ventricular myxoma masquerading as infectious hepatitis and dilated cardiomyopathy with an ejection fraction of 20% was diagnosed in a 29-year-old male using echocardiography.
Case Report (n=1)
Left ventricular myxomas are extremely rare and can present with non-specific systemic symptoms and rapidly progress to severe heart failure and death.
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Prompts echocardiography in unexplained cardiomyopathy with systemic features; extends sparse LV myxoma reports but leaves open broader implications.
Left ventricular myxomas are extremely rare and account for 2.5% of all cardiac myxoma cases. A left ventricular myxoma originating from the apical interventricular septum and projecting into the left ventricular cavity was diagnosed by Transthoracic two-dimensional echocardiographic imaging in a 29-year-old male. The presentation of myxoma with symptoms masquerading as infectious hepatitis and dilated cardiomyopathy with a measured ejection fraction of 20% has been described.
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Ramachandran Muthiah (2016) conducted a case report in Left ventricular myxoma (n=1). Transthoracic two-dimensional echocardiographic imaging was evaluated. A rare left ventricular myxoma masquerading as infectious hepatitis and dilated cardiomyopathy with an ejection fraction of 20% was diagnosed in a 29-year-old male using echocardiography.
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