title: Right ventricular nerve sheath tumour and patent foramen ovale presenting with transient ischemic attack.
abstract: A 66-year-old man presented with dyspnea and a transient ischemic attack. Echocardiography revealed a right ventricular mass and patent foramen ovale. During surgery the mass was found to be a malignant nerve sheath tumour. Several weeks later, the patient developed small bowel obstruction, and laparotomy disclosed multiple metastases involving the small and large bowel. The paper describes the clinical course and management of this patient and reviews the pertinent literature.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Royal University Hospital, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon.
authors.forename: M N
authors.initials: MN
authors.lastname: Sharif
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Schwarz
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Cujec
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Radhi
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Thomson
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000009:adverse effects; D004452:Echocardiography; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006346:Heart Septum / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007414:Intestinal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary; D002546:Ischemic Attack, Transient / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008297:Male; D018321:Neurothekeoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D010166:Palliative Care; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D018608:Ultrasonography, Doppler