An unusual cause of mixed mitral valve disease

A Case Report of a Round Cystic Tumor in the Left Ventricular Outflow Tract

“…To our knowledge, there are only two previously reported cases in adults where the tumor was attached to the mitral valve leaflets, 6 and only one where it was attached to the anterior papillary muscle. 7 Echocardiography has proven to be the most appropriate screening and diagnostic imaging modality for the detection of cardiac tumors. 5 In a review of 23 cases, a cardiac hemangioma was visualized with echocardiography in 81% of patients.…”