Left atrial rhabdomyosarcoma and the use of digital gated computed tomography in its diagnosis.
A case of left atrial rhabdomyosarcoma presenting in a patient with known mitral stenosis is described. Computed tomography of the left atrium, gated to the electrocardiogram cycle, was used to visualise the site and extension of the tumour.
D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D006325:Heart Atria; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D012208:Rhabdomyosarcoma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed