Hamartoma of mature cardiac myocytes: Report of a rare case with review of literature

Abstract

Hamartoma of mature cardiac myocyte is a benign tumor of the heart. They are characterized by haphazardly arranged hypertrophic cardiac myocytes with variable amounts of intervening fibrosis, mature adipose tissue along with irregularly distributed variable-sized vascular channels. The case presented here had a hyperechoic mass in the left ventricle arising from the midinferior and posterior interventricular septum, infiltrating into the adjacent myocardium. The MRI , histopathology findings and the clinical outcome is presented.

Keywords

• Hamartoma of mature cardiac myocytes
• sudden cardiac death
• tumor-like lesion