title: A highly unusual right atrial mass presented in two women.
abstract: Intravenous leiomyomatosis is a rare, benign neoplasm of the uterine, affecting adult women. We report two cases in whom intravenous leiomyomatosis extended through the inferior vena cava into the right heart chambers and the pulmonary artery. Both patients underwent staged operation with excision of the cardiac and primary tumour. The differential diagnosis of a right atrial mass in middle-aged women should include intravenous leiomyomatosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Assaf Harofeh Medical Center, Zerifin 70300, Israel. marina.leitman@gmail.com
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Leitman
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kuperstein
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Medalion
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Stamler
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Porat
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Rosenblatt
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Konen
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Krakover
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Vered
mesh_terms: D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006325:Heart Atria; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D018231:Leiomyomatosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D008875:Middle Aged; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014463:Ultrasonography; D014594:Uterine Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D014682:Vena Cava, Inferior