Intracardiac leiomyomatosis: diagnosis and treatment.
Intracardiac leiomyomatosis is the presence of a benign smooth muscle tumor within a cardiac chamber reaching the heart by direct intravenous extension from an extracardiac source. After a case report and a review of the 13 previously reported cases, the clinical features, diagnostic considerations, differential diagnosis and treatment modalities of intracardiac leiomyomatosis are discussed.
D000328:Adult; D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007889:Leiomyoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D008875:Middle Aged