Benign Metastasizing Leiomyoma in the Heart of a 45-Year-Old Woman
Author(s) -
Mohamad Karnib,
Isaac Rhea,
Robin Elliott,
Saneka Chakravarty,
Sadeer AlKindi
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
texas heart institute journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.373
H-Index - 53
eISSN - 1526-6702
pISSN - 0730-2347
DOI - 10.14503/thij-19-7066
Subject(s) - medicine , leiomyoma , uterine leiomyoma , hysterectomy , presentation (obstetrics) , differential diagnosis , tricuspid valve , lung , myxoma , pelvis , radiology , surgery , pathology
We report a rare case of benign metastasizing leiomyoma in the heart of a 45-year-old woman 2 years after a uterine leiomyoma had been discovered during hysterectomy. Computed tomograms at presentation showed a large mixed cystic mass in the pelvis and bilateral lung nodules suggestive of metastatic disease. A large cardiac mass, attached to the chordae of the tricuspid valve and later shown to be histopathologically consistent with uterine leiomyoma, was successfully resected through a right atriotomy. This case suggests that benign metastasizing leiomyoma should be considered in the differential diagnosis of right-sided cardiac tumors.
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