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Live/Real Time Three‐Dimensional Transthoracic Echocardiographic Findings in Primary Left Atrial Leiomyosarcoma
Author(s) -
Suwanjutah Thouantosaporn,
Singh Harpreet,
Plaisance Benjamin R.,
Hameed Omar,
Nanda Navin C.
Publication year - 2008
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.1540-8175.2007.00573.x
Subject(s) - intracardiac injection , leiomyosarcoma , medicine , histopathology , fibrosis , necrosis , cardiac tumors , radiology , cardiology , pathology
We describe an adult patient with a primary left atrial leiomyosarcoma in whom live/real time three‐dimensional transthoracic echocardiography showed echolucent areas within the mass consistent with necrosis or hemorrhage surrounded by dense band‐like echo densities indicative of fibrosis or collagen giving a “doughnut” like appearance. These findings were consistent with histopathology, which showed areas of necrosis and dilated vascular channels within the fibrotic tumor. Our case further illustrates the usefulness of three‐dimensional transthoracic echocardiography in characterizing the morphologic features of an intracardiac mass.