title: Cardiac sarcoma: unusual cause of intracardiac contrast filling defect.
abstract: A 28-year-old female was transferred to the emergency department from her physician's office for further evaluation of tachycardia. She was being seen for a recent illness which included nausea, vomiting, diarrhea and fevers. The patient endorsed fatigue, dyspnea on exertion, and extremity edema. She had no chest pain or cough. Exam revealed a pale, fatigued, mildly ill-appearing female with bilateral lower extremity edema and diminished breath sounds on the right. Chest radiograph revealed a large right pleural effusion (Figure 1). Computed tomographic angiography of the chest was performed (Figure 2).
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Nevada School of Medicine, Las Vegas, Nevada.
authors.forename: Nathan J
authors.initials: NJ
authors.lastname: Cleveland
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Nevada School of Medicine, Las Vegas, Nevada.
authors.forename: Melissa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Beckmann
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital; D005260:Female; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D010996:Pleural Effusion / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D012509:Sarcoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed