Echocardiography effectively detects and visualizes a variety of intracardiac masses, including thrombi, vegetations, metastatic tumors, and primary benign tumors such as atrial myxomas.
Case Report (n=5)
Echocardiography, particularly TEE, is an effective modality for detecting and characterizing a wide spectrum of intracardiac masses, including thrombi, vegetations, and primary or metastatic tumors.
Intracardiac masses are often diagnosed by transthoracic echocardiography (TTE). Transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) improves overall visualization of masses, especially those located in the posterior cardiac structures. Masses in the heart are most commonly due to thrombi or valvular vegetations; however, a variety of tumors may also present as cardiac masses on echocardiography. Tumors of the heart most commonly occur in the setting of metastatic disease, usually from malignancies of the breast, lung, or from malignant melanoma. Primary cardiac tumors occur much less frequently and are usually benign. Atrial myxomas constitute nearly one-half of reported primary cardiac tumors. The following discussion details the findings of five cases that illustrate the spectrum of intracardiac tumors detected by echocardiography and reviews the relevant literature.
Lobo et al. (Fri,) conducted a case report in Intracardiac masses (n=5). Echocardiography was evaluated. Echocardiography effectively detects and visualizes a variety of intracardiac masses, including thrombi, vegetations, metastatic tumors, and primary benign tumors such as atrial myxomas.
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