Three-dimensional transesophageal echocardiography in tumors of the heart

Espínola‐Zavaleta, Nilda; Morales, Gunther Hernández; Vargas-Barrón, Jesús; Keirns, Candace; Fraustro, Alberto Aranda

doi:10.1067/mje.2002.121535

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“…The assessment starts with a thorough description of its location and relationship to adjacent structures [2]. Masses can be intracardiac or extracardiac.…”

Section: Echocardiographic Assessment Of Cardiac Massesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Added value of real-time three-dimensional echocardiography in assessing cardiac masses

Plana

2009

Curr Cardiol Rep

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Echocardiography is the most common noninvasive tool used in assessing cardiac masses. Real-time three-dimensional echocardiography expands the diagnostic capabilities of cardiac ultrasound in assessing the location, composition, size, and relationship to other structures of cardiac masses. The improved characterization of the anatomy of the mass, in conjunction with the accurate calculation of the left ventricular ejection fraction, makes this new technology the imaging modality of choice in assessing cardiac masses.

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“…The assessment starts with a thorough description of its location and relationship to adjacent structures [2]. Masses can be intracardiac or extracardiac.…”

Section: Echocardiographic Assessment Of Cardiac Massesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Added value of real-time three-dimensional echocardiography in assessing cardiac masses

Plana

2009

Curr Cardiol Rep

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“…Moreover, this three-dimensional imaging modality is also helpful in evaluating the change in volume of cardiac tumours during the period of follow-up as the two-dimensional TTE may underestimate the volume by 20%–25% 7. Another study also concluded that three-dimensional echocardiography is ideal for determining the relationship of cardiac tumours with adjacent structures and the haemodynamic effects produced by them 8. Cardiovascular MRI is helpful in determining the extra cardiac extension of tumour and involvement of surrounding structures 9.…”

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Primary cardiac leiomyosarcoma presenting as haemoptysis in a 22-year-old patient: an unusual presentation of a rare condition

Hassan¹,

Khattak²,

Abdullah³

et al. 2017

BMJ Case Reports

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Primary cardiac sarcomas are rare malignant tumours and among them, leiomyosarcoma is extremely rare. They are especially rare in a young age group. We present a case of a 22-year-old male patient with primary leiomyosarcoma of the left atrium involving the pulmonary veins who presented with haemoptysis and shortness of breath. He underwent surgical excision of the tumour along with mitral valve replacement followed by adjuvant chemotherapy. No recurrence was reported on his second 6 monthly follow-ups.

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“…The first was in 1996, consisting of a 43-year-old Chilean 6 woman who underwent open heart surgery, and was later was diagnosed as a primary cardiac leiomyosarcoma with vimentin and MSA positive tumor markers, as in this report. The second case was a Mexican report published in 2002 in which a 31-year-old Mexican 7 woman presented during surgery a large infiltrative tumor in the left atrium. Although both cases resembles this report in the early recurrence after surgery and poor prognosis, it’s worth mentioning that this is the first report of a male patient in Latin America with this rare pathology.…”

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“…In this article, we present the third case, 6,7 to our knowledge, of a Latin American patient with this type of tumor, in addition a literature review of the histopathological and clinical aspects of this entity are provided.…”

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Immunohistochemical Diagnosis of Primary Cardiac Leiomyosarcoma in a Latin American Patient

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Primary cardiac malignancies are rare entities. Although sarcomas enclosed the main group of malignant heart neoplasms, primary cardiac leiomyosarcomas are extremely rare and constitutes less than 8% of cardiac tumors. Leiomyosarcoma usually originates from the pulmonary veins and have a worm-like shaped structure. In this article, we present a case of a 40-year-old Hispanic man diagnosed with a cardiac tumor who underwent surgical resection, during pathological examination the tissue samples were consistent with a malignancy of mesenchymal origin that contained irregular bundles of spindle cells. Subsequent immunohistochemical study categorized the mass as a primary heart leiomyosarcoma with positive smooth muscle actin and muscle specific actin. As usual in this type of malignancy, patient’s clinical status declined overtime, recurrence was diagnosed two months after surgery, and four months after the procedure the patient was discharge for palliative care.

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Three-dimensional transesophageal echocardiography in tumors of the heart

Cited by 23 publications

References 13 publications

Added value of real-time three-dimensional echocardiography in assessing cardiac masses

Added value of real-time three-dimensional echocardiography in assessing cardiac masses

Primary cardiac leiomyosarcoma presenting as haemoptysis in a 22-year-old patient: an unusual presentation of a rare condition

Immunohistochemical Diagnosis of Primary Cardiac Leiomyosarcoma in a Latin American Patient

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