Benign Metastasizing Leiomyoma in the Heart of a 45-Year-Old Woman.
We report a rare case of benign metastasizing leiomyoma in the heart of a 45-year-old woman 2 years after a uterine leiomyoma had been discovered during hysterectomy. Computed tomograms at presentation showed a large mixed cystic mass in the pelvis and bilateral lung nodules suggestive of metastatic disease. A large cardiac mass, attached to the chordae of the tricuspid valve and later shown to be histopathologically consistent with uterine leiomyoma, was successfully resected through a right atriotomy. This case suggests that benign metastasizing leiomyoma should be considered in the differential diagnosis of right-sided cardiac tumors.
['Karnib|Mohamad|M|', 'Rhea|Isaac|I|', 'Elliott|Robin|R|', 'Chakravarty|Saneka|S|', 'Al-Kindi|Sadeer G|SG|']
D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures D003937:Diagnosis, Differential D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal D005260:Female D006325:Heart Atria D006338:Heart Neoplasms D006801:Humans D007044:Hysterectomy D007889:Leiomyoma D008175:Lung Neoplasms D019028:Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Cine D008875:Middle Aged D009367:Neoplasm Staging D011013:Pneumonectomy D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed D014594:Uterine Neoplasms
leiomyoma Echocardiography heart neoplasms/diagnosis/pathology/secondary/surgery heart ventricles/pathology neoplasm metastasis uterine neoplasms/diagnosis