Left Atrial Extension of Pulmonary Adenocarcinoma Mimicking Left Atrial Myxoma

D'Cruz, F.R.C.P. Ivan A.; Roth, Robert B.

doi:10.1111/j.1540-8175.1987.tb01321.x

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“…Before the true location of the mass, exterior to the atrium, was shown by TEE and CT, one possibility considered and ruled out was that the bronchogenic carcinoma had propagated through a right pulmonary vein, a very rare but known way in which the neoplasm could spread from lung to atrium 4 …”

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“…Spread of bronchogenic carcinoma to the hilar nodes and posterior mediastinum is common. Echocardiographic visualization of such a retrocardiac neoplastic mass has been described 1‐4 . We describe a patient in whom the transthoracic echocardiogram (TTE) showed an apparent intraatrial mass but transesophageal echocardiography and computed tomography demonstrated that the mass was actually posterior to the left atrium and encroaching on it, producing the illusion on the TTE that it was intraatrial.…”

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Posterior Mediastinal Spread of Bronchogenic Carcinoma Simulating a Mass Within the Left Atrium

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Dweik³

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bronchogenic carcinoma, extracardiac mass, mediastinal mass, left atrial massSpread of bronchogenic carcinoma to the hilar nodes and posterior mediastinum is common. Echocardiographic visualization of such Figure 1. Transthoracic echocardiogram in parasternal long-axis view (top left) and apical long-axis view (top right). The three lower panels show the apical 4-chamber view, in slightly different planes. In all there is an apparent mass in the left atrium (arrows). LV, left ventricle; LA, left atrium; RV, right ventricle; RA, right atrium.a retrocardiac neoplastic mass has been described. 1−4 We describe a patient in whom the transthoracic echocardiogram (TTE) showed an apparent intraatrial mass but transesophageal echocardiography and computed tomography demonstrated that the mass was actually posterior to the left atrium and encroaching on it, producing the illusion on the TTE that it was intraatrial.

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