Abstract
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.
Original language | English (US) |
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Article number | e197066 |
Journal | Texas Heart Institute Journal |
Volume | 48 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 2021 |
Keywords
- Echocardiography
- Heart neoplasms/diagnosis/ pathology/secondary/ surgery
- Heart ventricles/ pathology
- Leiomyoma
- Neoplasm metastasis
- Uterine neoplasms/ diagnosis
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine