Key result
Real-time 3D TEE provides incremental diagnostic value over 2D TEE for left atrial tuberculoma.
Why the study?
Intracardiac tuberculomas are extremely rare, accounting for only 0.5% of extrapulmonary tuberculosis, and the incremental value of live/real time three-dimensional transesophageal echocardiography over the two-dimensional technique in assessing a tuberculoma involving the left atrium and appendage had not been previously reported.
Population
Patient with a tuberculoma involving the left atrium and left atrial appendage
Comparison
Live/real time three-dimensional transesophageal echocardiography vs two-dimensional transesophageal echocardiography
Design
Case report
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3D TEE may refine assessment of rare left atrial tuberculomas; leaves open routine adoption pending prospective validation.
Intracardiac tuberculomas are extremely rare, and cardiac involvement in tuberculosis accounts for only 0.5% of extrapulmonary tuberculosis. We report for the first time incremental value of live/real time three-dimensional transesophageal echocardiography over two-dimensional transesophageal echocardiography in the assessment of a tuberculoma involving the left atrium and left atrial appendage.
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Öz et al. (2016) studied this question. Live/real-time 3D transesophageal echocardiography provided incremental value over 2D transesophageal echocardiography in assessing a tuberculoma of the left atrium and appendage.
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