title: Disappearing cardiac masses--the importance of intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography.
abstract: A 25-year-old man presented with sudden onset right-sided hemiplegia. Transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiograms demonstrated a mobile mass attached to the anterior mitral leaflet. The mass was, however, not found at operation.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiology, Western Pennsylvania Hospital, Pittsburgh 15224.
authors.forename: C S
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Ofori
authors.forename: B N
authors.initials: BN
authors.lastname: Sharma
authors.forename: L C
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: Moore
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Warshafsky
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bennett
authors.forename: A H
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Gradman
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007430:Intraoperative Care; D008297:Male; D008943:Mitral Valve