title: Cardiac tumor biopsy under the guidance of intracardiac echocardiography.
abstract: Transthoracic echocardiography or transesophageal echocardiography is sometimes useful in intracardiac tumor biopsy. Intracardiac echocardiography was used as an alternative to either of these for performing a biopsy of a right cardiac tumor in a 79-year-old woman. The procedure was well tolerated and no complications occurred. Histopathological findings and immunohistological staining were compatible with the diagnosis of neurogenic sarcoma.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Hiroshima Prefectural Hiroshima Hospital, Japan.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Oishi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Okamoto
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sueda
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hashimoto
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Karakawa
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Akita
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ohkura
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001707:Biopsy, Needle; D004452:Echocardiography / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D005260:Female; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D018319:Neurofibrosarcoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology