Isolated left-ventricular apical hypoplasia presenting as a left-ventricular mass on echocardiography

Pediatr Cardiol. 2012 Dec;33(8):1456-7. doi: 10.1007/s00246-012-0349-x. Epub 2012 May 11.

Abstract

Left-ventricular apical hypoplasia is a rare entity. Although it has typical imaging features on cardiovascular magnetic resonance, recognizing this condition on echocardiography can be challenging. This report describes an asymptomatic pediatric patient who initially presented with a left-ventricular mass on echocardiography.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Video-Audio Media

MeSH terms

  • Child
  • Contrast Media
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Echocardiography
  • Electrocardiography
  • Female
  • Heart Ventricles / diagnostic imaging*
  • Humans
  • Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome / diagnostic imaging*
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Cine

Substances

  • Contrast Media