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Herein, we present a case of a tumor with histological characteristics of a LV cardiac myxoma even though its imaging and macroscopical views were similar to that of fibroma.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Case presentation<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>A 65-year-old woman was admitted to the hospital with chest tightness and palpitations which persisted for 2\u00a0years. Transthoracic echocardiogram and transesophageal echocardiography revealed a 23\u00a0mm\u2009\u00d7\u20098\u00a0mm, polyp-like-shaped, homogeneous, firm, solitary, mobile and solitary LV mass, which protruded into the left atrium during systole, resulting in mild mitral regurgitation. LV contrast-enhanced echocardiography revealed that there was little contrast agent filling in the LV mass. To further clarify the nature of the mass, non-enhanced and contrast-enhanced coronary computed tomography (CT) angiograms showed a 19\u00a0mm\u2009\u00d7\u20098\u00a0mm relatively homogeneous low density with punctate calcifications mass and no significant enhancement. Thus, we preoperatively diagnosed her condition as a LV fibroma and performed excision of the tumor under cardiopulmonary by-pass by using port-access approach through right mini-thoracotomy. The postoperative pathological diagnosis of the tumor was in fact a LV myxoma.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>LV cardiac myxomas mimicking fibroma makes diagnosis difficult, and sonographers should be aware of this imaging changes.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1186\/s13019-022-01968-7","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,8,26]],"date-time":"2022-08-26T07:06:09Z","timestamp":1661497569000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/springer_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":3,"title":["A rare left ventricular cardiac myxoma mimicking fibroma"],"prefix":"10.1186","volume":"17","author":[{"given":"Liang-Yan","family":"Xia","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Hong-Ling","family":"Zhu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Rong-Hang","family":"Li","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Xiao-Hua","family":"Pan","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Bo","family":"Liu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Jing","family":"Xu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"297","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2022,8,26]]},"reference":[{"issue":"4","key":"1968_CR1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"273","DOI":"10.1002\/jcu.22514","volume":"46","author":"AK Kalkan","year":"2018","unstructured":"Kalkan AK, Uygur B, Karakayal\u0131 M, Kadirogullar\u0131 E, Erturk M. 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