Se presenta el caso de una niña de 5 años de edad, con un mixoma en el tracto de salida del ventrículo izquierdo, asintomática, diagnosticada ecográficamente por soplo cardíaco, que se confirmó con angiorresonancia magnética nuclear antes de practicar exéresis quirúrgica. Se subraya la importancia del ecocardiograma transtorácico para el diagnóstico precoz de este tipo de procesos.
We report the case of a 5 year-old girl who presented asymptomatic myxoma in the left ventricular outflow tract. The tumor was initially detected by echocardiography, which was performed for heart murmur. This diagnosis was later confirmed by magnetic angioresonance imaging which enabled prompt surgical removal. We emphasize the advantages of transthoracic echocardiography in the early diagnosis of this kind of tumor.
