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Transesophageal Echocardiographic Findings in Primary Leiomyoma of Inferior Vena Cava
Author(s) -
LOUNGANI RAMESH R.,
NANDA NAVIN C.,
SANYAL RAJAT S.,
FINCH ANA,
WINOKUR THOMAS S.,
PACIFICO ALBERT D.
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
echocardiography
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.404
H-Index - 62
eISSN - 1540-8175
pISSN - 0742-2822
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-8175.1993.tb00080.x
Subject(s) - inferior vena cava , medicine , right atrium , cardiology , leiomyoma , radiology , cardiac tumors , left atrium , atrial fibrillation
We describe for the first time the usefulness of transesophageal echocardiography for the identification of a primary leiomyoma of the inferior vena cava, which originated near its junction with the right atrium. A portion of the tumor was initially visualized in the right atrium during a transthoracic echocardiographic study, but its attachment in the inferior vena cava was evident only by transesophageal echocardiography using the transgastric approach. (ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, Volume 10, November 1993)