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16267619

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3-4
pubmed:dateCreated
2006-6-9
pubmed:abstractText
Primary cardiac sarcomas are very rare. Infiltrative cardiac tumors may be difficult to diagnose by transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) only. Herein, we report a case of primary unclassified cardiac sarcoma with clinical and echocardiographic manifestations of mitral stenosis (MS). The tumor was not identified by TTE preoperatively because of its diffuse infiltration of the left atrial wall and both mitral leaflets without protruding mass, and was only discovered by intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography (TEE). This report alerts clinicians that TEE is a necessary adjunctive tool to facilitate the correct diagnosis in patients with obscure etiologies of mitral valve diseases especially when they will receive surgical intervention.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
1569-5794
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
22
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
377-81
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:articleTitle
Transesophageal echocardiographic recognition of infiltrative cardiac sarcoma mimicking mitral stenosis.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Internal Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Medical Center, Tainan, Taiwan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports