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Right Ventricular Outflow Tract Tumor Mimicking a Thrombus in the Main Pulmonary Artery
Author(s) -
AMUCHASTEGUI LUIS M.,
MARANI LEANDRO P.,
CAEIRO ANDRES
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.tb00770.x
Subject(s) - medicine , ventricle , pulmonary embolism , pulmonary artery , thrombus , ventricular outflow tract , cardiology , radiology , presentation (obstetrics)
Primary sarcomas of the pulmonary artery and right ‘ventricle are rare, and their presentation is unusual in clinical practice; therefore, their diagnosis is often missed or delayed. The progression of the obstruction from the outflow tract of the right ventricle to the pulmonary artery resembles massive pulmonary embolism. We present a case of one of these tumors which mimicked transesophageal echocardiography (TEE), a massive pulmonary embolism. We conclude that TEE represents a non‐invasive method of diagnosis and evaluation when the suspicion is massive pulmonary thromboembolism or a heart tumor.