Right-sided invasive metastatic thymoma of the heart |
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| Authors: | P M van der Zee J van Schuppen R B A van de Brink |
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| Institution: | 1Department of Cardiology, Academic Medical Center, room B2-223, Meibergdreef 9, 1105 AZ Amsterdam, the Netherlands ;2Department of Radiology, Academic Medical Center, Meibergdreef 9, 1105 AZ Amsterdam, the Netherlands |
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| Abstract: | Cardiac tumours may display diverse symptoms through potential involvement of any structure of the heart. We describe a case of a highly malignant thymoma with involvement of different cardiac structures with important haemodynamic compromise. With the high sensitivity of transthoracic echocardiography for detection of intracardiac masses, computed tomography and magnetic resonance add essential structural preoperative information on the tumour and surrounding tissue as vessels, pleura, lung and mediastinum. |
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| Keywords: | Cardiac tumor Echocardiography Cardiac CT Thymoma Cardiac imaging |
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