title: Echocardiographic evidence of intrathoracic masses due to localized blast crisis in a patient affected by chronic granulocytic leukemia.
abstract: We report a case of intrathoracic blast crisis in a patient affected by chronic granulocytic leukemia. Two-dimensional echocardiography performed to exclude pericardial effusion showed tumor masses in area of the atrioventricular groove and by the side of the left ventricular wall, which were confirmed by computed tomography.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Mancuso
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Bondi
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Marchì
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Marcenò
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Malleo
mesh_terms: D001752:Blast Crisis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D004452:Echocardiography; D006801:Humans; D007951:Leukemia, Myeloid / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010997:Pleural Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000556:secondary*