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Unusual “Polycystic” Appearance of a Right Atrial Angiosarcoma Described by Transesophageal Echocardiography
Author(s) -
BUSTAMANTELABARTA MIGUEL H.,
TORINO AUGUSTO F.,
FAVALORO MARIANO
Publication year - 1997
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.1540-8175.1997.tb00704.x
Subject(s) - angiosarcoma , medicine , right atrium , cardiology , radiology , myxoma , atrial myxoma , left atrium , heart neoplasms , atrial fibrillation
Angiosarcoma is the most common primary sarcoma of the heart and the most frequent location of the tumor is the right atrium. In the few published cases of right atrial angiosarcoma studied by transesophageal echocardiogaphy, the features described greatly differ from one to another. We describe the transesophageal images of a prolapsing mass type angiosarcoma with polycystic appearance previously misinterpreted as a right atrial myxoma in two consecutives transthoracic echocar‐diograms.