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Case Reports
. 2019 Aug 21;1(2):179-183.
doi: 10.1016/j.jaccas.2019.05.029. eCollection 2019 Aug.

Left-Sided Intracardiac Tumors in a Case of Widespread Vulvar Cancer

Raunak M Nair  1 , Bicky Thapa  1 , Anjli Maroo  2
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Case Reports

Left-Sided Intracardiac Tumors in a Case of Widespread Vulvar Cancer

Raunak M Nair et al. JACC Case Rep. .

Abstract

Metastatic cardiac tumors associated with gynecological malignancies are rare. This report describes the case of stage-4 vulvar carcinoma that metastasized to the left ventricle of the heart. (Level of Difficulty: Intermediate.).

Keywords: CT, computed tomography; FDG-PET, fludeoxyglucose positron emission tomography; MRI, magnetic resonance imaging; cardiac metastasis; cardiac tumors; vulvar carcinoma.

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Computed Tomography of the Chest Revealing a Mass in the Left Ventricle This chest CT with iodinated contrast revealed a lobulated mass in the left ventricle of soft tissue density (white arrow).
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Figure 2
Left Ventricular Mass Seen on a Transesophageal Echocardiogram This image shows a multilobulated mobile echodensity seen in transgastric short axis view at 0 degrees. The mass is attached to the posteromedial papillary muscle.
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Figure 3
Left Ventricular Mass Seen on a Transesophageal Echocardiogram This image shows a multilobulated mobile mass with fingerlike projections attached to the posterolateral wall of the left ventricle by transesophageal echocardiogram in the transgastric long-axis view at 105 degrees.
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Figure 4
Mass Seen in LA by Transesophageal Echocardiogram In this image, a round echo-bright mass is seen attached to the wall of the left atrium (yellow arrow) by transesophageal echocardiography in the mid-esophageal 2-chamber view at 100 degrees. LA = left atrium.
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Figure 5
Small Homogeneous Echodensities Seen in the LAA by Transesophageal Echocardiography Small homogeneous echodensities (yellow arrows) within the LAA (in the mid-esophageal aortic valve short-axis view at 29 degrees. These echodensities could be either tumor metastases or thrombi within the left atrial appendage. LAA = left atrial appendage; LUPV = left upper pulmonary vein.
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Figure 6
Homogeneous Echodensity Seen in the LAA by Transesophageal Echocardiography A rounded homogeneous echodensity (yellow arrow) is seen in the LAA by transesophageal echocardiography in the mid-esophageal view of the LAA at 71 degrees. The echodensity could be a tumor metastasis or a thrombus within the left atrial appendage. LAA = left atrial appendage; LUPV = left upper pulmonary vein.
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