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Ann Thorac Surg 2006;82:1891-1892
© 2006 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Case Reports

Left Ventricular Fibroma Mimicking an Acute Coronary Syndrome

Hrvoje Gasparovic, MD*, Vedran Coric, MD, Davor Milicic, MD, PhD, Gordana Rajsman, MD, Ivan Burcar, MD, Ranka Stern-Padovan, MD, PhD, Ivan Jelic, MD, PhD

Departments of Cardiac Surgery, Cardiology, and Radiology, University Hospital Rebro Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia

Accepted for publication March 13, 2006.

* Address correspondence to Dr Gasparovic, Department of Cardiac Surgery, University Hospital Rebro Zagreb, Kispaticeva 12, Zagreb, 10 000 Croatia. (Email: hgasparovic{at}kbc-zagreb.hr).

Cardiac fibromas are exceedingly rare neoplasms. We report the case of a 21-year-old woman who presented with symptoms that were initially misinterpreted as an acute coronary syndrome. Radical surgical resection was undertaken and was considered curative, as the mass histology was consistent with a benign fibroma.






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