title: Recurrent intracardiac leiomyomatosis.
abstract: An intravenous leiomyoma, a histologically benign smooth muscle tumour, arises from either a uterine myoma or the walls of a uterine vessel, with extension into veins. The present report describes echocardiographic features of an intravenous leiomyoma that spread into the right-sided cardiac chambers in a middle-aged woman who had undergone a hysterectomy two years earlier. Echocardiographic features included an elongated mobile mass extending from the inferior vena cava and multiple masses in the right atrium and right ventricle. Intracardiac leiomyomatosis should be considered in women who present with a cardiac mass in the right-sided chambers.
authors.affiliation: Department of Echocardiography, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Shaheed Rajaie Cardiovascular Medical Center, Tehran, Iran. m_eszadeh@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Maryam
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Esmaeilzadeh
authors.forename: Ahmad
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tavakolli
authors.forename: Akbar
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Safaei
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D018231:Leiomyomatosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D008875:Middle Aged; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local; D018235:Smooth Muscle Tumor / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D014463:Ultrasonography; D014594:Uterine Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology