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Contrast echocardiography with octafluoropropane demonstrated contrast enhancement of two left ventricular masses, consistent with the high vascularity of a malignant metastatic tumor.
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Contrast echocardiography is useful for assessing the vascularity of cardiac tumors, aiding in the identification of malignant metastases.
To illustrate the usefulness of contrast echocardiography in the assessment of cardiac tumors, we present an 81-year-old female with pathological fracture of the right clavicle in whom biopsy showed poorly differentiated carcinoma. Two-dimensional transthoracic echocardiography found two masses in the left ventricle attached to mid-ventricular septum consistent with metastases. Echo contrast study with octafluoropropane (Optison) showed contrast enhancement of both the masses consistent with high vascularity seen in a malignant tumor.
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Yelamanchili et al. (2006) conducted a case report in Metastatic left ventricular tumors (n=1). Two-dimensional transthoracic contrast echocardiography with octafluoropropane (Optison) was evaluated on Contrast enhancement of left ventricular masses. Contrast echocardiography with octafluoropropane demonstrated contrast enhancement of two left ventricular masses, consistent with the high vascularity of a malignant metastatic tumor.
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