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January 1, 2016Case Reports in Clinical MedicineOpen Access

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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Population

1 male patient, 29 years old, with left ventricular myxoma originating from the apical interventricular…

Design

Case_report

Follow-up

10 days

Key result

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.

Authors

RMRamachandran Muthiah

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Overview

Prompts echocardiography in unexplained cardiomyopathy with systemic features; extends sparse LV myxoma reports but leaves open broader implications.

Study Design

Type

Case Report (n=1)

Structured PICO

P
Population
A 29-year-old male with a left ventricular myxoma presenting with symptoms masquerading as infectious hepatitis and dilated cardiomyopathy.
E
Exposure
Medical management including oxygen, inotropes, and diuretics (surgical removal not attempted due to poor condition).

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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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.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a9cbef4ccf76bb89d97a3d9https://doi.org/10.4236/crcm.2016.53016
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