Right ventricular metastasis of leiomyosarcoma.
Metastatic presentation of leiomyosarcoma in the heart is very rare. We present transthoracic echocardiography and combined PET/CT images of a case with a large right ventricular metastasis of leiomyosarcoma. The patient was placed on cytostatic drugs for palliative purposes, but passed away one month later because of an untreatable ventricular tackycardia.
Dencker
Magnus
M
Department of Clinical Physiology and Nuclear Medicine, Malmö University Hospital, Lund University, Malmö, Sweden. magnus.dencker@skane.se
Valind
Sven
S
Stagmo
Martin
M
D000368:Aged; D004452:Echocardiography; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000556:secondary*; D006352:Heart Ventricles; D006801:Humans; D007890:Leiomyosarcoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000556:secondary*; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed