Images in Clinical Medicine
Heart-Shaped Tumor in Pulmonary Trunk
N Engl J Med 2005; 352:608February 10, 2005
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A 59-year-old woman had a six-month history of increasing shortness of breath. Echocardiography showed an abnormal mass in the right ventricle. Surgical resection was performed because of hemodynamic instability, and histologic evaluation revealed a myxosarcoma. Five months later, the patient again had dyspnea, and enhanced computed tomography (CT) showed a defect extending from the right ventricle through the pulmonary trunk to the right pulmonary artery (arrow in Panel A). A left anterior oblique CT image showed a heart-shaped defect in the pulmonary trunk (arrow in Panel B). Recurrent myxosarcoma was diagnosed. Surgical resection was again performed. However, three months later, the patient had another recurrence and died.
Nobusada Funabashi, M.D.
Issei Komuro, M.D.
Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba 260-8670, Japan- Citing Articles (1)
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