title: Incremental value of live/real time three-dimensional transesophageal echocardiography over the two-dimensional modality in the assessment of cardiac lymphoma.
abstract: We describe a case of cardiac lymphoma where live/real time three-dimensional transesophageal echocardiography provided additional information compared to two-dimensional transesophageal echocardiography regarding the extent of tumor infiltration. In addition, it gave a quantitative assessment of the tumor burden by providing its volume.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiovascular Disease, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama.
authors.forename: Munveer
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Thind
authors.forename: Ming C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Hsiung
authors.forename: Gulay
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Gok
authors.forename: Mahmoud
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Elsayed
authors.forename: Marisa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Joson
authors.forename: Navin C
authors.initials: NC
authors.lastname: Nanda
mesh_terms: D003199:Computer Systems; D019560:Echocardiography, Three-Dimensional / Q000379:methods*; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D007089:Image Enhancement / Q000379:methods; D007090:Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods*; D008223:Lymphoma / Q000473:pathology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity
keywords: B-cell cardiac lymphoma; cardiac lymphoma; primary cardiac lymphoma; three-dimensional echocardiography; three-dimensional transesophageal echocardiography; two-dimensional echocardiography; two-dimensional transesophageal echocardiography